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Mathilde Loisel, the lowly created wife of an clerk, has always sensed she was designed for better things. She imagines beautiful gowns, glittering people, a home of opulence, and a life of comfort. Her only wish is usually to be flattered and respected, and she actually is miserable that she will never know that life. But out of the blue, her husband returns with an invitation to a ball. She will buy a new dress but mourns her insufficient jewels. But hold out! She's a wealthy friend who will provide her something for the night, and she chooses a beautiful diamonds necklace as her only adornment. The night is a success. She is the guts of attention, and she's achieved her best ambition. Then calamity attacks. Man de Maupassant's heroine, looking back again on her behalf life from then on fateful evening, muses, "How peculiar and changeful is life! How small something is needed to make or destroy us!"
