The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
Are you willing to dwindle away your invaluable life for coveting expensive, precious, materialistic possessions? Yes, or no? Whatever may be your answer, do read this short story baring the avaricious and mercenary female, Mathilde , and bringing her face-to-face with her own shallowness, but alas, she fails to learn, becoming more penurious than what she was, both materialistically and morally! “ The Necklace ” is a remarkably compelling story teaching the readers lessons on appearance vs reality, avarice and it’s evil-outcome, beauty and the mirage, covetousness for material possessions, and the ephemeral superficial delight that comes along! It is a hands-down blockbuster 5-star read for me! 😊 Mathilde , born to a low-class, with no money for dowry, is married to Monsieur Loisel , a clerk! “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” She thought herself entitled to all the luxuries, and indef...