Emily Lai had been told so often as a child that she was pretty that by the time she was teenager she knew how to use her looks to get anything she wanted. After refusing many proposals of marriage, ...

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Necklace with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, a short ...

David Hancock is home page editor for CBSNews.com. Remember Guy de Maupassant? He was a French writer who wrote that classic short story "The Necklace." You remember. The beautiful young wife is ...

Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Until they teach an unfortunate lesson about superficiality. Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Necklace," is read by Fireside Al. Mathilde Loisel lives a simple ...

Mathilde Loisel lives a simple life, but she dreams of a life of wealth and status. When her husband surprises her with tickets to a party hosted by the minister of education, Madame Loisel is ...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Collected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace + The Piece of String + Boule de Suif + Mademoiselle Fifi + Pierrot + Two Friends + La Maison Tellier + Ghosts ...

In 1975, the year I turned 11, I was sent to work in a tobacco field in one of the small, red-clayed, mosquito-ridden towns that surround the city of Havana like a string of pearls. This was not a ...

His was a vile death, the madness caused by syphilis and its related physical horrors. It was an end that he knew he was facing and had tried to avoid by attempting suicide some 18 months earlier. But ...

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