"The Necklace" by Guy du Maupassant is the story of a just barely middle-class French couple, Monsieur and Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel is a pretty woman who believes her marriage to a mere clerk does not do her justice. She believes her face is her fortune and hopes to do much better. Her husband finally manages to get an invitation for them to a swanky affair, and after much fretting about what she has to wear to impress those at the ball,...
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