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The Necklace (French: La Parure) is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending (ironic ending), which was a hallmark of de Maupassant's style. The story was first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois .
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
"Bed 29", published in 1884, is a social and political satirical collection [17] of some of his best short stories, including the titular story which is shocking and scandalous, even by modern standards. [18] His editor, Victor Havard, commissioned him to write more stories, and Maupassant continued to produce them efficiently and frequently.
Modern depiction of the Hindu goddess Kali, shown standing atop Shiva, wearing a necklace of severed heads, in front of a fiery background (bazaar art, c.1940's) The story is told from a third-person omniscient point-of-view, with the 43-year-old Claudia as the focal character.
"Paste" is a 5,800-word short story by Henry James first published in Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly in December 1899. James included the story in his collection, The Soft Side, published by Macmillan the following year. James conceived the story as a clever reversal of Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace".
The Necklace; P. A Parisian Affair; La Peur (short story) The Piece of String; Pierrot (short story) S. Suicides (short story) T. Tribunaux rustiques; Two Friends ...
Alexandre Dumas implemented a similar plot for his 1851 story "La femme au collier de velours", or "The woman with the velvet necklace". Some later collections of Irving's work use Dumas's title for Irving's version of the story. [1] It is unknown whether Dumas was inspired by Irving's story, or whether they both drew inspiration from a common ...
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]