Mathilde Loisel’s reaction when her husband procures an invitation to the Minister of Education’s event in “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a bit unexpected. Mathilde longs for the finery, objects, and lifestyle of Paris society but her lot is sealed when she marries a common clerk who cannot provide such a lifestyle. He goes out of his way to obtain an invitation to the event and is surprised by his wife’s reaction. At first...
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