Wiki guy de maupassant biography

"Mother Savage" (original title: "La Mère Sauvage") is a short story by the French realist writer Guy de Maupassant. It was first published on 3 March 1884.

Plot

Two men are out hunting in the French countryside, the narrator and Serval.

The latter tells the story of the Sauvage family: the father was killed by police with a gunshot to the head. Serval goes on to tell the story of Old Mother Sauvage and her son, who volunteered at age 33 to fight in the war.

Wiki guy de maupassant biography en francais

Mother Sauvage, isolated far from the village and "known to have money" was assigned to quarter four young Prussian soldiers. The men do chores around the house as if it were their own. Mother Sauvage continually asks the young men about the French 23rd Regiment of the Line, where her son is on the front, but the young Prussians know nothing.

Later, the postman gives Mother Sauvage a letter from one of her son's comrades-in-arms which informs her of her son's death. The Prussians bring home a live rab