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"The Necklace", or sometimes "The Diamond Necklace", (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. [1] It is known for its twist ending , a hallmark of de Maupassant's style.
9/1/1884 Un réveillon A New Year's Eve Gil Blas 1/5/1882 Maufrigneuse Un normand A Norman Gil Blas 10/10/1882 Maufrigneuse Une page d’histoire inédite A page of unpublished history Le Gaulois 10/27/1880 Une aventure parisienne "An Adventure in Paris" Gil Blas 12/22/1881 Maufrigneuse A Trial Un parricide Murder in the family Le Gaulois
The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace , an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s.
The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde" is a fairy tale written by Mary De Morgan (1850–1907) in her collection of short stories called "The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories." [1] This collection of fairy tales originally published in 1880. [1] Mary de Morgan helped to make the Victorian era prominent in literature. [2]
2015: The Necklace of Tales. German translation: Das Halsband der Geschichten. Young readers' book. elbaol verlag hamburg, Meldorf 2019 ISBN 978-3-939771-74-6; This young readers' book brings the charm of the traditional Kweku Ananse stories into the context of our modern world. For centuries, the stories of this African folktale character were ...
The gang is arrested, but one man manages to escape, taking the necklace with him. The man is later arrested but the necklace is not found. Mr Goon and the children are now searching for the missing necklace before the last remaining gang member finds the necklace. The Find-Outers later find the necklace, and the last man of the gang is arrested.
al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (The Unique Necklace, Arabic: العقد الفريد) is an anthology attempting to encompass 'all that a well-informed person had to know in order to pass in society as a cultured and refined individual' (or adab), [1] composed by Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (860–940), an Arab writer and poet from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace is the title of a 1976 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The novel is written by Christopher Short , but per the custom at this time, the author credit on the cover goes to Leslie Charteris , who created the Saint in 1928, and who served in an editorial capacity.