Short Story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

 Short Story

          The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant


Summary:

The story revolves around Mathilda Louisel, a young beautiful woman who feels trapped in a life of poverty; she borrows a stunning diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, Madame Forestier, to attend a high society party with her husband. In the party, Mathilde is the belle of the ball, and the Necklace makes her feel confident and admired. However, when they return home, Mathilde discovers that the necklace is missing. To replace the necklace, Mathilde and her husband, sacrifices their entire life savings and take an immense debt. they spend the next 10 years working tirelessly to repay the debt. In the end Mathilde was an old worn- out woman, encountered Madame Forestier and confessed the entire ordeal. Madame Forestier reveals that the original necklace was actually a fake; worth almost nothing. The story ends with Mathilde realizing that her life has been ruined by her own vanity and pursuit of material passions.

The Necklace, once a symbol of her status and beauty, has ultimately led to her downfall.


Words, meanings and their synonyms


  1. Antechamber

  •  Meaning: Small room next to main bedrooms in a house or waiting room apartment

  • Synonym: waiting room



  1. Ante-room

  • Meaning: Small room before main room

  • Synonym: Preliminary room


  1. Boudoirs

  • Meaning: bedroom

  • Synonym: bedrooms, chambers


  1. Breton

  • Meaning: The place, or someone who comes from

  • Synonym: Brittany


  1. Chagrin

  • Meaning: Feeling of embarrassment and annoyance

  • Synonym: disappointment, dismay


  1. Candelabra

  • Meaning: branched candle holder for more than one candle

  • Synonym: Candlestick


  1. Coupe’s

  • Meaning: four wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and two seats outside

  • Synonym: serving dish


  1. Disdain

  • Meaning: dislike

  • Synonym: Contempt, scorn


  1. Finesse

  • Meaning: elegant skill

  • Synonym: delicacy


  1.  Frowsy

  • Meaning: untidy in appearance

  • Synonym: disheveled


Rewrite the underlined forms with the future simple or continuous

  1.  Don't call me at 10 o’ clock. I am going to fly to Spain.

            —-------------------------------------------

  1. I suppose we’ re going to stay at a hotel next summer.

—--------------------------------------------

  1. Do you think it is snowing at the weekend?

             —-------------------------------------------

  1. Is the coat OK.? - Yes, I am taking it.

—--------------------------------------------  

  1. This time on Sunday we are going to ski in France.

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Write antonyms of the following

  • Natural

  • Silent

  • Strange

  • Longer

  • Slowly

  • Discover

   Use the given phrasal verbs in sentences.


  •  Switch on

  • Take apart

  • Take back

  • Take off

  • Take out 

  • Tear up     

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