The Necklace, The (Phoenix 60p paperbacks)

by Guy De Maupassant (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $21.98

  Here are two contrasting stories, one about a necklace of pearls, the other about a necklace of diamonds. Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace is a story of vanity, of two lives blighted by the loss of a diamond necklace, whilst Isak Dinesen's The Pearls is a story of love and fear. Both authors in different ways use the symbolism of jewels to illustrate the human condition.