The necklace - wikipedia The necklace For other uses, see Necklace ( disambiguation ). `` The Necklace '' La Parure, illustration of the title page of the Gil Blas, 8 October 1893 Author Guy de Maupassant Original title `` La Parure '' Country France Genre ( s ) Short story Publication date 1884 `` The Necklace '' or `` The Diamond Necklace '' ( French : La Parure ) is an 1884 short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending ( Ironic ending ), which was a hallmark of de Maupassant 's style. The story was first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. The story has been adapted to film and television several times. Contents 1 Plot 2 Themes 3 Adaptations and other influence 4 References 5 External links Plot Madame Mathilde Loisel has always imagined herself an aristocrat, despite being born into a lower - middle - class family ( which she describes as an `` accident of fate '' ). She marries a low - paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy but has little to give. Through lots of begging at work, her husband is able to get an invitation for the both of them to the Ministry of Education party. Mathilde refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear, and wishes not to be embarrassed. Her husband is upset to see her displeasure and, using all the money that he was saving to buy a hunting rifle, gives Mathilde 400 francs to use. Mathilde buys a dress but is still unhappy because she lacks jewels to wear with it. The couple does not have much money left, so her husband suggests that she should buy flowers to wear with it. After Mathilde disagrees, he suggests borrowing something from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. Mathilde borrows Madame Forestier 's fanciest piece, a huge diamond necklace. After attending the party, Mathilde discovers that she has lost the necklace. She tries to find a quick way to replace it. She goes to a shop and buys a similar necklace for 36,000 francs. The couple sells everything they own and must secure loans at high interest rates to pay for the necklace. Ten years later, while walking along the Champs - Élysées, she suddenly sees Madame Forestier, who barely recognizes her in her somewhat shabby state. As the women are talking, Mathilde recounts the story of losing and replacing the necklace, and that it was because of Madame Forestier that she has lived so terribly the past ten years. Horrified, Madame Forestier takes Mathilde 's hands, explaining that her original necklace was a fake or `` made of paste '', and was worth nothing more than 500 francs. Themes One of the themes within `` The Necklace '' is the dichotomy of reality vs. appearance. Madame Loisel is beautiful on the outside, but inside she is discontented with her less - than - wealthy lifestyle. This reinforces the idea that wealth means happiness. Mathilde is gripped by a greed that contrasts with her husband 's kind generosity. She believes that material wealth will bring her joy, and her pride prevents her from admitting to Madame Forestier that she is not rich, and that she has lost the necklace she borrowed. Because of her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses years of her life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace, only to find out that the original necklace was a fake to begin with ; a falsely wealthy appearance, just like Madame Loisel herself. The story demonstrates the value of honesty ; if Mathilde had been honest to Madame Forestier, she 'd likely have been able to easily replace the necklace and enjoy the prosperity she wanted but never had. Adaptations and other influence The following are direct adaptations of `` The Necklace '' : The Diamond Necklace ( 1921 ), a British silent film directed by Denison Clift and starring Milton Rosmer, Jessie Winter, and Warwik Ward A String of Pearls ( 《 一 串 珍珠 》 ) ( 1926 ), a Chinese film directed by Li Zeyuan `` The Necklace '' ( 1949 ), the first episode of the NBC - TV series Your Show Time ( producer Stanley Rubin won the first - ever Emmy Award for this episode ) Mathilde ( 2008 ), a stage musical by the Irish composer Conor Mitchell `` දියමන්ති මාලය '' ( Diyamanthi Maalaya ), a translation by K.G. Karunathilake The following works were inspired in part by `` The Necklace '' : `` Paste '' ( 1899 ), a short story by Henry James in which the twist ending is reversed `` Mr. Know - All '' ( 1925 ) and `` A String of Beads '' ( 1943 ), short stories by Somerset Maugham that both revolve around the price of a necklace `` The Diamond Pendant '' in Impact # 1, E.C. Comics, March / April 1955 ; adaptation by Carl Wessler, illustrated by Graham Ingels Vennila Veedu ( 2014 ), a Tamil family drama uses a similar story as its main theme The subplot of the season 4 episode 13 of `` Mom '' ( `` A Bouncy Castle and an Aneurysm '' OAD : 9 Feb 2017 ) is a comedic version of the story with Anna Faris ' character losing the necklace belonging to her wealthy friend. In Vladimir Nabokov 's novel Ada or Ardor ( 1969 ), one of the characters, a writer, claims she has written a short story entitled `` La Rivière du diamants '', which mimics Maupassant 's `` The Necklace ''. The moment in which this occurs is set in the book to be around 1884, the year in which Maupassant actually published his short story. References Jump up ^ Roberts, Edgar ( 1991 ). Writing Themes About Literature ( 7th ed. ). Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall. p. 4. ISBN 9780139710605. Jump up ^ `` The Necklace Themes - eNotes.com ''. eNotes. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 14. Jump up ^ Dillon, Michael ( 2010 ). China : A Modern History. London : I.B. Tauris. p. 207. ISBN 9781850435822. OCLC 705886007. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Jump up ^ Rudden, Liam ( 15 August 2008 ). `` Mathilde makes it to the stage ''. Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 23 July 2010. Jump up ^ සිංහල සාහිත්‍ය සංග්‍රහය. Colombo : Education Publication Dept. Sri Lanka. 2016. Jump up ^ James, Henry. `` Paste ''. The Henry James scholar 's Guide to Web Sites. Retrieved 27 September 2014. The origin of `` Paste '' is rather more expressible. Jump up ^ Shukman, Henry ( 28 May 2004 ). `` Homage to Maupassant ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ Von Bernewitz, Fred and Geissman, Grant. Tales of Terror ! The E.C. Companion, Seattle : Gemstone Publishing and Fantagraphics Books, 2000, p. 198. External links French Wikisource has original text related to this article : La Parure The full text of The Necklace at Wikisource Media related to La Parure at Wikimedia Commons The Necklace public domain audiobook at LibriVox The Necklace - Annotated text aligned to Common Core Standards Guy de Maupassant Bibliography Novels Une Vie Bel Ami Sur l'eau ( 1886 ) Pierre et Jean Le Rosier de Madame Husson Story collections Les Soirées de Médan La Maison Tellier ( 1881 ) Mademoiselle Fifi ( 1882 ) Contes de la bécasse ( 1883 ) Clair de lune ( 1883 ) Miss Harriet ( 1884 ) Les Sœurs Rondoli ( 1884 ) Yvette ( 1884 ) Contes du jour et de la nuit ( 1885 ) Monsieur Parent ( 1885 ) Toine ( 1886 ) La Petite Roque ( 1886 ) Le Horla ( 1887 ) Le Rosier de madame Husson ( 1888 ) La Main gauche ( 1889 ) L'Inutile Beauté ( 1890 ) Le Père Milon ( 1900 ) Le Colporteur ( 1900 ) Misti ( 1912 ) Short stories `` À vendre '' `` Le Baptême '' `` La Bête à Maît ' Belhomme '' `` Boule de Suif '' `` La Confidence '' `` Deux Amis '' `` Un fou '' `` The Horla '' `` Imprudence '' `` L'Inconnue '' `` Mademoiselle Fifi '' `` La Maison Tellier '' `` Mother Savage '' `` The Necklace '' `` La Peur '' `` The Piece of String '' `` Pierrot '' `` Suicides '' `` Tribunaux Rustiques '' `` Useless Beauty '' Related The Affairs of Maupassant ( 1935 film ) BNF : cb11941465m ( data ) LCCN : n81023970 VIAF : 176197567 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Necklace&oldid=848825459 '' Categories : Short stories by Guy de Maupassant 1884 short stories Works originally published in Le Gaulois Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from October 2014 Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles containing French - language text Articles with LibriVox links Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource Brezhoneg Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Italiano עברית മലയാളം မြန်မာဘာသာ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Português Русский Slovenščina தமிழ் 中文 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 4 July 2018, at 16 : 02 ( UTC ). 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