Tribunaux rustiques

"Tribunaux rustiques" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1884.

History
It was first published in the newspaper Gil Blas on November 25, 1884, and signed under the name "Maufrigneuse". In 1885 it was reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection.

Synopsis
In the chamber of the justice of the peace of Gorgeville, which is full of peasants, a judge hears the grievances of Madame Victoire Bascule against Isidore Paturon...

Editions

 * Gil Blas, 1884
 * Monsieur Parent - collection published in 1885 by the editor Paul Ollendorff
 * Maupassant, contes et nouvelles, volume II, text established and annotated by Louis Forestier, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Éditions Gallimard, 1979