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| {{Summary
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| | Title = The Necklace
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| | Author = Guy de Maupassant
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| | Literary form = short story
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| | Year of publication = 1884
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| | Microsummary = A discontented woman borrowed a seemingly expensive necklace for a prestigious event, lost it, and spent ten years in poverty repaying the debt, only to discover the necklace was fake.
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| | Wikisource = The Necklace
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| Mathilde Loisel was a young woman born into a family of clerks who was unhappy with her life and dreamed of a more luxurious lifestyle. She was beautiful, charming, and discontent with her current situation.
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| | Name = Mathilde Loisel
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| | Description = young woman born into a family of clerks; unhappy with her life, dreams of luxury; beautiful, charming, and discontent; protagonist of the story
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| | Emoji = 👩🏻🦰
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| Her husband, Monsieur Loisel, was a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. He was supportive, hardworking, and caring, always trying to make Mathilde happy.
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| | Name = Monsieur Loisel
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| | Description = Mathilde's husband; a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction; supportive, hardworking, and caring; sacrifices his own desires for Mathilde's happiness
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| | Emoji = 👨🏻💼
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| One day, Monsieur Loisel brought home an invitation to a prestigious ball. Mathilde was initially upset because she did not have a suitable gown to wear to the event. Her husband offered to give her money to buy a new dress, sacrificing his own desires for her happiness. After purchasing the dress, Mathilde realized she did not have any jewelry to wear with it. Her husband suggested borrowing a necklace from her wealthy friend, Madame Forestier.
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| Mathilde borrowed a beautiful diamond necklace from Madame Forestier and wore it to the ball. She was the center of attention and enjoyed a night of dancing and admiration.
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| She was prettier than any other woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling and wild with joy.
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| However, after the ball, Mathilde discovered that she had lost the necklace. She and her husband searched everywhere but could not find it. They decided to replace the necklace without telling Madame Forestier, going into debt to do so.
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| For the next ten years, Mathilde and her husband worked hard and lived in poverty to pay off the debt they had incurred to replace the necklace. Mathilde's beauty faded, and she became a strong, hardworking woman who took care of her household. Her husband also worked tirelessly, taking on extra jobs to help pay off their debt.
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| After ten years, the debt was finally paid off. Mathilde, now looking much older and worn, encountered Madame Forestier on the street. She decided to tell her the truth about the lost necklace and the hardships they had faced to replace it. To Mathilde's shock, Madame Forestier revealed that the original necklace was actually made of paste and worth only five hundred francs.
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| "Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste! It was worth at most only five hundred francs!"
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| Mathilde and her husband had spent ten years of their lives paying off a debt for a necklace that was not even valuable.
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