Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): In one story by this author, a peasant stoops to pick up a bit of string, causing his fellow townsmen to accuse him of stealing a purse. He created a title character who sleeps with a Prussian officer so a traveling party can leave Totes. In another of his stories, Monsieur Loisel uses the money he had been saving for a rifle to buy his wife a dress, after which she borrows the title object from Madame Forestier. In that story, the protagonist borrows a piece of jewelry that is made out of paste. For 10 points, name this French author who wrote "The Ball of Fat" and "The Necklace. "
Output (English): Literature