The necklace

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Unit 15
The necklace
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Maupassant, Guy de (1850-1893),
French novelist and short-story writer. He is
deemed one of the modern masters of the art of
the short story and has influenced practitioners
of that genre from his time to the present.
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Introduction of the story
In La parure (The Necklace), perhaps
Maupassants best-known story, a couple borrows a
priceless necklace from a friend for a ball. When
the necklace is lost the couple sinks into
poverty paying for an exact replica???, only to
discover years later from the original owner that
the borrowed necklace was in fact a cheap
imitation???. The reader must decide if this
tragedy is a result of fate or of the vanity??
and false pride of the borrower.
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The necklace
Part 1. meeting---Mathilde (older) and Jeanne
Part 2. invitation---to borrow a jewel
Part 3. borrowed---lost---brought back
The necklace
Ten years of hard work Older than her age
A false one