![]() When Mathilde returns from the party, she finds that she has lost the necklace. Jeanne lends Mathilde an expensive-looking necklace. Mathilde's husband advises her to borrow some jewelry from her much wealthier friend Jeanne Forestier. When Mathilde receives an invitation to a party that many wealthy and important people will attend, she is unhappy because she does not have any jewelry to wear. ![]() Mathilde is unhappy with her lower middle class status and dreams of living a life of wealth and luxury. The story's protagonist is a young married woman named Mathilde Loisel. It first appeared in print in the Februedition of the Parisian newspaper Le Gaulois. "The Necklace" (French: "La Parure" also published in English as "The Diamond Necklace") is a short story with a twist ending by the French author Guy de Maupassant. ![]() Cecile de France as Mathilde in the 2007 French TV adaptation of "The Necklace". ![]()
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