![]() ![]() “The Necklace” is deeply didactic: it shows us how people put so much value in materialism, worshipping expensive items and rich people themselves. Even her husband’s love and caring attitude cannot comfort her, because like a spoiled child, she is blind with her desire and does not notice anything else. She cannot obtain all those wonderful jewels she dreams about and this fact spoils her life. She wants to take a higher social status, that is why her marriage with a low-paid clerk does not bring happiness to her. Born and raised in a family of clerks, she refuses to accept her position in life and feels cheated instead. ![]() In this short story, Maupassant describes the life of Mathilde Loisel, a young, pretty and charming woman who lives in dreams of wealth and luxury. This story was first published in the French newspaper Le Gaulois on 17th of February 1884 (Roberts, 1991). ![]() In some editions it has a title, “The Diamond Necklace”. One of the most famous short stories of Maupassant’s is “The Necklace” (“La Parure”). ![]() Lessons We Can Learn from “The Necklace” by Guy de MaupassantĪ popular French writer of the 19th century, Guy de Maupassant, is the author of about 300 short stories. ![]()
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