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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.
The Necklace Guy de Maupassant SHE was one of those pretty and charming girls, born by a blunder of destiny in a family of employees. She had no dowry,1 no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, married by a man rich and distinguished; and she let them make a match for her with a little clerk in the Department of Education.
The Short-Story. 1907. XX. The Necklace. suffer as she came away. And she wept all day long, from chagrin, from regret, from despair, and from distress. But one evening her husband came in with a proud air, holding in his hand a large envelope. “There,” said he, “there’s something for you.”.
One evening her husband returned elated bearing in his hand a large envelope. “Here,” he said, “here is something for you.”. She quickly drew out a printed card on which were inscribed these words: The Minister of Public Instruction and Madame George Ramponneau ask the honour of M. and Mme Loisel’s company. Monday evening, January 18 ...
The Necklace Full Text - The Necklace - Owl Eyes. 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.
The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant 1) She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks. With no dowry, no prospects1, no way of any kind of being met, understood, loved, and married by a man both prosperous and famous, she was finally married to a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education.
