THE NECKLACE BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT

"The Necklace" or "The Diamond Necklace" (French: La Parure) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published in 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois.[1] The story has become one of Maupassant's popular works and is well known for its ending. It is also the inspiration for Henry James's short story, "Paste".[citation needed] It has been dramatised as a musical by the Irish composer Conor Mitchell; it was first produced professionally by Thomas Hopkins and Andrew Jenkins for Surefire Theatrical Ltd at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007.

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Henri-Ren-Albert-Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850 at the chteau de Miromesnil, near Dieppe in the Seine-Infrieure (now Seine-Maritime) department in France. He was the first son of Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant, both from prosperous bourgeois families. When Maupassant was eleven and his brother Herv was five, his mother, an independent-minded woman, risked social disgrace to obtain a legal separation from her husband. After the separation, Le Poittevin kept her two sons, the elder Guy and younger Herv. With the fathers absence, Maupassants mother became the most influential figure in the young boys life. She was an exceptionally well read woman and was very fond of classical literature, especially Shakespeare. Until the age of thirteen, Guy happily lived with his mother, to whom he was deeply devoted, at tretat, in the Villa des Verguies, where, between the sea and the luxuriant countryside, he grew very fond of fishing and outdoor activities. At age thirteen, he was sent to a small seminary near Rouen for classical studies.