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"The Necklace" (French: La Parure) is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending (ironic ending), which was a hallmark of de Maupassant's style. The story was first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois.
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But I don't know what you like." Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb diamond necklace, and her heart began to beat with uncontrolled desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it around her neck, over her high-necked dress, and stood lost in ecstasy as she looked at herself.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Necklace’ is an 1884 short story by the French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-93), first published in Le Gaulois as ‘La parure’ in February of that year. If you’re unfamiliar with Maupassant’s work, ‘The Necklace’ is his most famous tale, and worth taking the time to read. If…
“The Necklace,” or “La Parure” in French, first appeared in the Parisian Newspaper Le Gaulois in 1884. The story was an immediate success, and Maupassant later included it in his short-story collection Tales of Day and Night (1885).
Jul 20, 2010 · Internet Archive. Language. English. Translation of: La parure. 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. Access-restricted-item.
Jun 25, 2018 · English-language translations of La Parure include: "The Necklace", translation by Jonathan Sturges from the 1898 collection Stories by Foreign Authors (French I) "The Diamond Necklace", translation from the 1903 collection The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant. Categories: 1884 works.
THE NECKLACE (La Parure) by Guy de Maupassant, 1885. First published in the daily newspaper Le Gaulois on 17 February 1884 and then included in 1885 in Contes du jour et de la nuit (Stories of Day and Night), "The Necklace" ("La Parure") is rightly one of the most famous of all Guy de Maupassant 's short stories.
