Les Soirées de Médan ("Evenings at Médan") is a collection of six short stories by six different writers associated with Naturalism, first published in 1880. All the stories concern the Franco-Prussian War. The contents of the book are as follows: * L'Attaque du moulin ("The Attack on the Mill") by Émile Zola * Boule de Suif ("Ball of Tallow") by Guy de Maupassant * Sac au dos ("Backpack") by Joris-Karl Huysmans * La Saignée ("Bloodshed") by Henri Céard * L'Affaire du Grand 7 ("The Affair of the Great 7") by Léon Hennique * Après la bataille ("After the Battle") by Paul Alexis