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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.”.
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.
And this life lasted for ten years. At the end of ten years, they had restored all. Mme Loisel seemed old now. She had become a strong, hard woman, the crude woman of the poor household. Her hair badly dressed, her skirts awry, her hands red, she spoke in a loud tone, and washed the floors with large pails of water.
The Necklace Characters: Maupassant (author/narrator) Marcel (chimney sweep/narrator) Marie Claire (maid) Matilda Loisel Madame Forestier Ambassador Madame Ambassador Gentleman Jeweler SCENE 1 MAUPASSANT: Oh, hello there. Or should I say, bonjour. After all, we are in Paris.
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 Necklace is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. View guided reading mode, assessment questions, and discussion activities for this 9th-grade level text.
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.
