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Mr Loisel uses an inheritance from his father to cover half the cost and borrows the rest at high interest. Mathilde gives the necklace to Mme Forestier, who does not notice the substitution. To repay the debt, the Loisels dismiss their maid, move into a small, shabby apartment, and take on long hours of gruelling work.
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. However, she has nothing and marries a low-paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy. "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Mathilde Loisel "The Necklace" 1957 Sunday Night Theatre: Amelia Laurenson "Mayors' Nest" 1957 Sunday Night Theatre: Orinthia "The Apple Cart" 1960 Somerset Maugham Hour: Vesta Grange "Flotsam and Jetsam" 1960 Theatre Night: Nell Nash "The Gazebo" 1961 Danger Man: Vanessa Stewart "Find and Return" 1961 ITV Play of the Week: Louise Yeyder
Loisel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Élisabeth Loisel (born 1963), French footballer and manager; Georg Loisel (born 1957), Austrian fencer; Hubert Loisel (1912–1999), Austrian fencer; John S. Loisel (1920–2010), American World War II flying ace; Régis Loisel (born 1951), French comics writer and artist
La Classe de Madame Lise is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sylvie Groulx and released in 2005. [1] The film centres on Lise Coupal, an elementary school teacher in the diverse and multicultural Parc-Extension district of Montreal , profiling her efforts to foster cultural understanding among her students.
Marthe de Florian (born Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron; 9 September 1864 – 29 August 1939) was a French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque. She was known for having famous lovers including Georges Clemenceau , Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau , Paul Deschanel , Gaston Doumergue , Robert de Montesquiou , and Giovanni Boldini .
She also published Claire d'Albe (1799), Malvina (1801), Amélie de Mansfield (1803), Mathilde (1805), set in the crusades, and a prose-poem, La Prise de Jéricho. Her writing became more important to her after her first husband died when she was in her early twenties.
Armchair Theatre is an anthology series of one-off plays that aired on the ITV network between 1956 and 1974. [1] A total of 426 episodes were produced over 19 series. [2] The series was initially produced by ABC Weekend TV until 1968, and subsequently by Thames Television from 1969 onwards.