In Guy De Maupassant's "The Necklace", Mathilde Loisel wishes for riches but instead ends up paying 10 years for the necklace she looses. Mathilde is a pretty woman born to a family without material riches, and she always dreams of more. Her husband is a clerk/copyist who is content with their life, and even enjoys the food they eat. Mathilde wishes even their meals could be more extravagant.
One evening, Mr. Loisel comes home with an invitation to the Chancellor of Education's dinner for the two of them. Mathilde becomes upset because she has nothing to wear, so her husband gives her the 400 francs he's been saving for a new rifle.
Even as the day of the dinner grows closer and she has a new
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