Madame Butterfly (short story)

"Madame Butterfly"
Short story by John Luther Long
Cover of a 1903 edition
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Published inCentury Magazine
Publication typePeriodical
PublisherThe Century Company
Media typeMagazine
Publication date1898
Pages19

"Madame Butterfly" is a short story by American lawyer and writer John Luther Long. It is based on the recollections of Long's sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband, a Methodist missionary. It was first published in Century Magazine in 1898 and adapted for the stage in 1900. Giacomo Puccini based his 1904 opera Madama Butterfly on the play.