Guy de Maupassant

After devoting their energies and income for ten years to replacing a borrowed diamond necklace which they have lost, a woman and her husband learn the irony of their efforts.

The Necklace

“How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!”
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A simple and bitterly funny story about vanity that I suppose feels all too familiar for our human nature. The self-comparison born from dissatisfaction and a life heavily motivated by materialism leads to gaining very little and losing it all in this bite-sized tragedy. The story has something to laugh and to be sad about in its short duration, with quite an ending.

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3.5/5

Raven K

razan 

3.5 /5 stars
lets just say that i would've liked it more if i it wasn't for a literary reading class :)
With that being said, it wasn't the best short story that I've read but it still is an enjoyable read, although the characters were stupid and i hated all of them very much, but the concept of the book saved it and i appreciate that.

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