What is the story of diamond neckalce?

Answer 1

woman in France. Mathilde, a woman of a certain beauty lives an ordinary life

with a maid servant and her husband who works as a clerk. Although the couple

does not have to suffer and enjoys a secure life, Mathilde is not satisfied.

She longs for more luxury, lovely dresses and attractiveness.

One day her

husband, well aware of his wife's desires, comes home with an invitation from the

Minister of Education. He expects Mathilde to be pleased because the high society of the town is most

likely to be present. Mathilde is far from happy, because she feels that none of

her dresses are appropriate for such an occasion. Her husband, although he had

planned to buy a gun for his weekend hunting, offers to spend their saved money on a new dress.

The date of the invitation comes closer but even with the new dress at hand

Mathilde is not satisfied. She has no jewelry and refuses to go to the banquet. Her husband

suggests she should visit her old schoolmate whom Mathilde had not visited for

a while, out of jealousy. Madame Forestier, delighted by the visit, offers to

lend Mathilde the necklace she likes best and after some hesitation Mathilde

picks the most expensive looking diamond necklace.

The awaited

evening comes and Mathilde is delighted. She feels admired and enjoys every moment of her appearance. At the end of the

party she and her husband leave to catch one of the night carriages. At home,

taking a last look at her beauty in the mirror, Mathilde discovers that the

borrowed necklace has disappeared. Monsieur Loisel walks back to all the places

they had been that night but cannot find it. The next day they try to gain some

time, telling Madame Forestier that they had brought the necklace to a jeweler

to get the clasp fixed, but this lie does not help either. Not even the jeweler

who had made the necklace is to be found. Finally the Loisels decide to buy a

replacement. They get together all their saved money and borrow from everybody

they know. Madame Forestier gets the new necklace and does not realize that it

is a replacement. In order to be able to pay all the loans back Mathilde has to

fire the maid and do all housework by herself. They live through ten years of poverty in a small house.

After these long

years of discomfort Mathilde meets Madame Forestier in the street and decides

to tell her the truth about the necklace and how she had to suffer. At first Madame

Forestier does not even recognize Mathilde whose beauty has faded. She is

surprised when she hears the story and

feels pity for Mathilde as she tells her the original necklace had not even been a

real diamond one, but a simple imitation.