We are first informed of Fortune Houlbreque's [hool brek] loss while the central character is eating at Jourdain's tavern.
We are first informed of Fortune Houlbreque's [hool brek] loss while the central character is eating at Jourdain's tavern. It begins on market day in Goderville and plays on a simple incident in the town's public square. The central character cannot recover from the accusation made against him by his enemy, the harness-maker Monsieur Malandain. All the locals believe that Maitre Hauchecome picked up a lost pocketbook in the town square and lied about it. In reality Hauchecome actually picked up, FTP, what simple title object in a short story by Guy de Maupassant?
We are first informed of Fortune Houlbreque's [hool brek] loss while the central character is eating at Jourdain's tavern.
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