Submitted by Laure A. Katsaros on Thursday, 12/2/2010, at 5:40 PM

Guy de Maupassant, "Madame Tellier's Establishment” (CMS)

Nagai Kafu "Ladies of the Night" (CMS)

Max Ophuls, "Le Plaisir" (film on e-reserves)

(Note that we only watch one segment of Ophuls's omnibus film: 00:17:38-01:18:43)

Write 2 paragraphs comparing/contrasting the two (or three) works.