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Read the classic French short story of a woman who envies the rich and borrowed a precious necklace for a party, only to lose it and face the consequences. This PDF file contains the full text of The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, translated by W.H.G. Kingston.
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Sep 30, 2011 · Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb diamond necklace, and her heart throbbed with an immoderate desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it round her throat, outside her high-necked waist, and was lost in ecstasy at her reflection in the mirror.
All of a sudden she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb necklace of diamonds; and her heart began to beat with an immoderate desire. Her hands trembled as she took it.
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The Necklace. She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of becoming known, understood, loved or wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and so she let herself be married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education.
Read the classic short story of a woman who envies the rich and loses everything in a gamble. The Necklace is a tale of fate, regret and social class by the French writer Guy de Maupassant.
Jul 20, 2010 · A husband and wife enter into a life of hardship in order to repay the debt incurred in replacing a borrowed diamond necklace only to learn, ten years later, the irony of their situation
Read a play version of The Necklace, a classic tale of a woman who loses a priceless necklace and suffers the consequences. Follow Matilda Loisel's journey from a humble clerk's wife to a socialite and back again.
