Disagreement over the existence of Dame Aubert's dispute with a butcher prompts the protagonist of this work to take dueling advice from Jacques Rival for his standoff with La
Disagreement over the existence of Dame Aubert's dispute with a butcher prompts the protagonist of this work to take dueling advice from Jacques Rival for his standoff with Langremont.  The old poet Norbert de Varenne urges the protagonist to marry to stave off loneliness, though he engineers the downfall of Laroche-Mathieu when he divorces his wife. The title character gets his nickname from Laurine, daughter of his lover Clotilde de Marelle, whose affections for him remain undimmed even after he marries Suzanne Walter, daughter of his boss at the publication La Vie Francaise. This novel opens with the penniless title character meeting his friend Charles Forestier. For 10 points, name this novel about George Duroy, a work of Guy de Maupassant.
Disagreement over the existence of Dame Aubert's dispute with a butcher prompts the protagonist of this work to take dueling advice from Jacques Rival for his standoff with Langremont.  
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