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by Guy de Maupassant. The Necklace (1884) is a famous short story and morality tale that is widely read in classrooms throughout the world. Get more out of the story with our The Necklace Study Guide.
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The Necklace (1909), an American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, taking place in early 20th century United States and renaming the Loisels the Kendricks.
The Necklace is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. View guided reading mode, assessment questions, and discussion activities for this 9th-grade level text.
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.
The Necklace. The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public ...
‘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.
