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In Guy de Maupassant’s tale, a couple devote a decade of their lives and finances to replace a borrowed diamond necklace that they had lost. Their painstaking endeavor ends with a poignant revelation of irony, questioning the cost of vanity and the true value of what one holds.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Marriage & Divorce Fiction
Authors: Guy de Maupassant
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