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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.
The Necklace: Le Gaulois 02/17/1884 L’aventure de Walter Schnaffs The Adventure of Walter Schnaffs Le Gaulois 4/11/1883 L’assassin The Assassin Gil Blas 11/1/1887 Le vengeur The Avenger Gil Blas 11/6/1883 Maufrigneuse La bête à Maît’ Belhomme Belhomme's Beast Gil Blas 9/22/1885 Le lit The Bed Gil Blas 3/16/1882 Maufrigneuse
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.
Guy claims that it was Arthur's foolishness to have given away the necklace, and that Charlotte should feel no guilt in keeping it. However, Charlotte decides to return the pearls to Arthur, who still refuses to consider the pearls real and says that he will take them to a store to determine whether they are real or merely paste.
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The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (French: Affaire du collier de la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.