Irrespective of being blessed with a pretty decent life, in the beginning, having food on the stove, living in a decent little apartment, bestowed by a loving dutiful husband who has a steady modest job, she is not appreciative of any of these, instead covets for more. What happens towards the end simply blew me away, leaving me gob-smacked! :-O (Concealing spoilers)! After all, she had to pay back the purchase price of the fake! One day she manages to go to a lavish ball by borrowing a necklace from a wealthy friend, Madame Forestier.įinally losing the necklace, spending the rest of the ten years of her life toiling arduously in order to pay back the debts for the acquired fake necklace (replacing the original with a fake). In short, she whines and wails for the lack of the worldly items, she perpetually craves! She despises her married life, is discontented with the food on the stove, wails over her lack of fine clothing, and jewelry. She thought herself entitled to all the luxuries, and indefatigably aimed for all the opulence! “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” Mathilde, born to a low-class, with no money for a dowry, is married to Monsieur Loisel, a clerk! It is a hands-down blockbuster 5-star read for me! 😊
“The Necklace” is a remarkably compelling story teaching the readers lessons on appearance vs reality, avarice and it’s evil-outcome, beauty and the mirage, covetousness for material possessions and the ephemeral superficial delight that comes along! Whatever may be your answer, do read this short story baring the avaricious and mercenary female, Mathilde, and bringing her face-to-face with her own shallowness, but alas, she fails to learn, becoming more penurious than what she was, both materialistically and morally!
Are you willing to dwindle away your invaluable life for coveting expensive, precious, materialistic possessions?
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