Greater Good, or The Passion of Boule de Suif opened as a part of the Glimmerglass Opera Festival in Cooperstown, New York. The opera was composed by Stephen Hartke based on a libretto by Phillip Littell and directed by David Schweizer. In 2007, Dr. Kausar Mahmood translated Boule de Suif and many other stories into the Urdu language under the title of " Momi Gainde". It was published by Takhleeqat, Mozang Road, Lahore. In 2009, it was adapted and drawn by Li-An as a French-language graphic novel and released by Delcourt Press. In an interview, Li-An noted that one reason Boule de Suif was chosen for the Delcourt "Ex Libris" collection was that it had been "more or less at the base of John Ford's Stagecoach" and that the original short story offered a timeless message about human nature and how the "value of a person does not depend on social status" but rather on one's own personality. Notes External links Boule de Suif at Project Gutenberg Boule de Suif (audiobook) Boule de Suif (original French version) with 1,100+ English annotations at Tailored Texts 1880 short stories Short stories by Guy de Maupassant Prostitution in literature Franco-Prussian War fiction Short stories adapted into films