The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (1884)

- Victorian Period
- Set in France

Themes of Discovery:
 Self-Discovery
 Physical discovery
 Personal discovery
 Discovery of social class

Context:
o Victorian Period (1850-1914)
- Patriarchal society
- Social Class

30% of women married during the Victorian Era

 If women were beautiful and rich, they were married
o Did not marry for love
o Married for social status and security

There were 900 000 people in London at the turn of the century.
 475 000 were women
o 75 000 women were prostitutes
 prostitution was a more glorified occupation for unmarried women
 for the lower and middle class