Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
The Necklace (Also translated as ‘The Diamond Necklace’)
(La Parure)
(1884)
Anonymous translation.
In this short story a young married woman longs for luxury. Then she is invited to a ball…
She’s a bit like Flaubert’s Madame Bovary but there’s a sting in the tail.
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