The Necklace (In English)

Hey! Friends I am back with a another interesting story ‘The Necklace’ by ‘Guy De Maupassant’ that will teach us that we should be in limit and not to being in the activity of show off.

So , our story starts with the character Matilda . She was a beautiful lady but through an error of destiny was born in the family of clerks but she felt that she was born for all delicacies and luxuries. She was married to a petty clerk who worked in the Office of the Board of Education. She was not happy with her life . She was tortured by seeing the shabby walls. When she sat down to have dinner with her husband,she thought of elegant dinners, shining silver dishes.

One evening her husband returned home carrying a large envelope in his hand. The envelope contained an invitation to a party at Minister’s residence. Her husband hoped that invitation would delight her , but that was not to be. She said that she couldn’t attend the party as she had nothing to wear in such a party . Her husband wanted to make her happy so he gave her 400 francs which he had saved to buy gun to attend shooting parties.

She bought a nice dress but the problem didn’t ended there . Now Matilda told her that she didn’t have jewelry to wear with dress. Her husband adviced her to borrow a necklace from her childhood friend Mme.Frostier .

The day of the party arrived . Matilda was a great success there . She was the prettiest of all . All the invitees there noticed her. She danced there with enthusiasm. They returned home at about four o’clock. When she removed her wraps from her shoulders she noticed that necklace was not around her neck. They looked for necklace but couldn’t find it anywhere. They even put an advertisement in newspaper offering a reward to person who returned it. But there was no result.

At last they decided to replace the necklace. They found a chaplet of diamonds in a shop of Palais Royal which was exactly same like the one they lost. It was valued at 36000 francs . Loisel (Matilda’s husband) had 18000 francs which his father had left him . He borrowed rest from lenders at high rate of interest. Matilda went to Mme.Frostier and returned the necklace replica . Mme.Frostier complained the late return of necklace and kept box aside. She did not inspect the necklace.

However,this event completely changed the life of Matilda and her husband. They sent away their maid . They changed their apartment and rented some rooms in an attic. Matilda washed the dishes and clothes . She brought up the water, went to grocer and fruiterers and haggled for the last sou. Her husband worked evenings and during night he did copying work at 5 sous a page. They worked hard and repaid the debt in 10 years.

One Sunday Mme.Loisel came across Mme.Frostier while she was roaming in market . Mme.Frostier still looked pres and attractive. Matilda approached her . Mme.Frostier didn’t recognised Matilda but when she introduced herself,she was greatly astonished. Matilda looked like a commoner. She had lost her beauty and charm. Matilda then told the whole incident of losing necklace. At this , time Mme.Frostier was taken aback. She told that the necklace she had lent her was artificial and cost only five hundred francs.

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