The Necklace Summary
One woman, Mathilde Loisel, lived in a flat with her husband. He worked as a clerk for the Ministry of Education. He was not able to live a glorious life. However, they were not poor, only simple. However, Mathilde wished to prosper. She felt irritated, frustrated and depressed due to not having a big house. Also, she wanted nice clothes, lots of jewelry, which she was sad about.
One day her husband invites her to a fancy party. It was an invitation to the ball. He thought that his wife would be very excited to see the invitation letter. However, instead of rejoicing, his wife threw out the invitation card and started crying. She complained of not having a beautiful dress to wear on such a fabulous occasion. She wanted praise for everyone. Also, she wanted to succeed in the party. Her gentle husband gave her four hundred francs to buy a beautiful dress. He had saved money to buy a rifle.
The week of the party has arrived. His wife looked worried again. She was upset because she felt that she did not have any jewelry to wear with the dress. Her husband suggests her to ask her friend Jeanne Farrier the same. Mathilde went to her house and borrowed a magnificent necklace.
Mathilde had a lot of fun at the party with her husband. She was successful in getting everyone's attention. Then, they left for home during odd hours in the morning. On reaching home, Mathilde is surprised to find a necklace around her neck. They both felt that it must have fallen into the cab they had taken to reach home. In addition, they also searched the roads through which they have come.
In addition, he contacted the police, advertising but all in vain. Her husband asked her to write a letter to her friend. He has written that he was broken and is being repaired. Meanwhile, they succeed in finding a similar defeat. However, it costs thirty-six thousand francs. Her husband inherits eighteen thousand francs from her father. However, he had to borrow the rest of the money. They inherited and managed to buy the necklace through the money borrowed.
But it took him a period of ten years to repay the loan amount. Over the years, his life has changed a lot. They moved into a small apartment, cleaned themselves and cooked. In addition, her husband did many things to repay the money. At the same time, she looked like a strong woman from a poor household. He looked very old. One day he saw Miss Janey Forrestier on the street. He decided to tell her the truth about the defeat. Was stunned by the former's presence. Also, upon knowing the truth of the defeat, Jane Farinier revealed that it was a fake. The value of the same was not more than five hundred francs.
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