Two Little Soldiers (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- First Published: 1885
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1800's
- Setting: The French countryside near the town of Courbevoie
- Principal Characters: Luc le Ganidec, Jean Kerderen, A young maid
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Suicide, Betrayal, Friendship, Soldiers
- Locales: France
The Story
Luc and Jean are two soldiers who habitually spend their free time on Sundays away from the barracks, out in the countryside. Their day off has taken on the character of a ritual. Every Sunday, they bring food for breakfast to the same spot in the woods and lie back to enjoy the food, wine, and sights of an area that reminds them of home.
Eventually, their ritual comes to include a bit of innocent ogling of a young village girl who brings her cow out to pasture every week at the same time. One Sunday, however, the girl speaks to them on her way to the pasture,...
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