La petite roque by Guy de Maupassant
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"La petite roque" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story published in 1885. When a postman discovers the naked body of a young girl by a river in a French village, an investigation begins into her rape and murder. Three suspects emerge, but no arrests follow due to lack of evidence. The story exposes the incompetence of provincial judicial and police systems as the case grows cold and the truth remains
buried—until guilt begins to haunt someone in unexpected ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 |
|---|---|
| Title | La petite roque |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Petite_Roque |
| Credits |
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 18353 |
| Release Date | May 8, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 389 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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