Saturday, 7 April 2018

The Necklace

The Necklace
Summary:
Matilda Loisel was a pretty young lady of Paris.She married a petty clerk.Both of them were poor.One day her husband brought an invitation for a function at the Minister's residence.
Matilda was not happy.She had no suitable dress to attend the party.Her husband had saved 400 francs to buy a gun.Matilda buy a pretty dress for that money.On the day of the party again Matilda was not happy.Now she had no jewels to decorate her.Her rich friend Forestier lent her a diamond necklace.Matilda went to the party.She was the prettiest of all in the hall.She was dancing happily.The party went off well and she returned home in the morning.On reaching home she was shocked to know that her necklace was missing.Both husband and wife search for the diamond necklace everywhere.But they could not find it.They had to return it to Forestier.So they bought a new diamond necklace for 36,000 francs Mr.Loisel borrowed 18,000 from his father.He borrowed the rest.Matilda returned the new necklace to her friend.After that she worked hard for ten years to repay the debt.Her life became very miserable.She lost her charming beauty.One day Matilda met her friend,Mme.Forestier. Still she was young in look.Matilda narrated her miserable story to her friend.On hearing that,her friend told her that her diamond necklace was an imitation and it worth 500 francs only.Matilda was shocked to hear that.A small thing had ruined her life."Covet all,lose all" is the moral of this story.




Important points:
  • Matilda married a petty clerk.
  • She got an invitation to attend a function at the minister's residence.
  • Her husband saved 400 francs to buy a gun but she bought a pretty dress with that money.
  • She borrowed a diamond necklace from her rich friend.
  • She lost that jewel.
  • They bought another necklace for 36000 francs and gave it to her.
  • He borrowed 18000 from his father and rest from others to buy that lost jewel.
  • They worked 10 years to repay the debt.
  • At last she came to know that her friend's necklace is just 500 francs.
About Author:
Guy de Maupassant is the author of the story.He is a French writer.He published his first short story in 1880 and became famous overnight.He died in 1893.

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