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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, a short story about a beautiful young woman who despairs at her tedious lower-middle-class life and dreams of luxury and admiration. When she and her husband are invited to an extravagant ball, it seems that her dreams are about to come true, but then she loses an expensive borrowed necklace and her life is thrown into disarray.
The Necklace was first published in 1884, and has been a firm favourite with readers ever since. Guy de Maupassant was one of France’s most celebrated short story writers, known in particular for the realism of his writing and his surprise endings.
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Guy de Maupassant
French novelist and short story writer
Born in Tourville-sur-Arques (Normandy) in 1850.Died in Paris in 1893.Notable works:Boule de suif (1880), short storyContes de la Bécasse (1883), short story collectionBel-Ami (1885), novelGuy de Maupassant was a French writer who wrote six novels and almost 300 short stories. He grew up in Normandy and began studying law there. In 1870, he voluntarily enlisted to fight in the Franco-Prussian War, then moved to Paris, where he worked as a clerk. Gustave Flaubert (French writer, 1821-1880), a friend of his mother’s, took him under his wing and introduced him to a number of literary figures, including Émile Zola (French writer, 1840-1902). Maupassant then began spending time with other realist and naturalist writers.
Between 1880 and 1890, he wrote novels, including Une vie (“A Life”, 1883) and Bel-Ami, as well as many realist short stories, including Boule de suif and The Maison Tellier (1881), and fantastic short stories, such as The Horla (1887) and Fear (1888). These works reflect his pessimistic outlook on society.
He began suffering from bouts of madness in 1890 and died in 1893.
The Necklace
A tragic short story
Genre: realist short storyReference edition: De Maupassant, G. (2000) The Necklace and Other Short Stories. New York: Dover Publications.1st edition: 1884Themes: luxury, splendour, poverty, money, appearancesThe realist short story The Necklace was first published in the French newspaper Le Gaulois in 1884.
It tells the story of Matilda Loisel, the wife of a petty clerk at the Board of Education, who lives a simple, decent life but dreams constantly of luxury, grandeur, sophistication and seduction. In her quest for splendour, she borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, but this ends up dragging the couple into abject poverty.
The Necklace provides an unflattering depiction of clerical workers and the middle class in the 19th century.
Summary
Matilda Loisel is a beautiful, charming woman from a family of clerks. She knew that she had no chance of marrying a wealthy man, so she settled for a petty clerk at the Board of Education, and they live modestly together. She has a burning desire to live a life of luxury and sophistication, and struggles with the fact that she is unable to do so. While her husband is capable of appreciating life’s simple pleasures, Matilda dreams of being able to charm and seduce other people, of wearing beautiful dresses and of mixing with high society.
