The jewelry (Maupassant)

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La Parure , illustration from the title page of Gil Blas , October 8, 1893

The jewelry (French: La Parure ) is the title of a story by the French writer Guy de Maupassant first published in the magazine Le Gaulois on February 17, 1884 .

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First publication of the story The Jewelery in the magazine Le Gaulois , edition of February 17, 1884.

The story revolves around the unfortunate fate of Mathilde Loisel, an extremely pretty young woman who was born in a humble background, who borrows a diamond necklace from a rich friend (Madame Forestier) for a ball and loses it during the event. Together with her husband, a civil servant, she decides to borrow money from friends and to replace the jewelry. Finally, she buys a piece that is very similar to the original, which she gives back to her friend without her noticing the fraud. For ten years Mathilde and her husband struggle to repay their enormous debts and become increasingly poor. When Mathilde, who was marked by the exertion, meets her still young-at-heart friend on a walk, she does not recognize her at first. When they asked, Mathilde tells her the whole truth and learns that the necklace she borrowed was almost worthless because it was made of fake diamonds.

literature

Text output

  • Guy de Maupassant, The Jewelry, The Devil [u. a.] , translated from the French and afterword by Ernst Sander, [Reprint] Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-006795-2 (= Reclams Universal-Bibliothek; 6795)
  • Guy de Maupassant, The jewelry , read by Maria Sebaldt, Naxos audio books [s. l.] 2002, ISBN 3-89816-095-5

Learning materials

  • Max Lorf: La Parure / Guy de Maupassant. (Learning materials) . 14th edition. Lensing, Dortmund 1987, ISBN 3-559-35126-X .

Web links

Wikisource: La Parure (French)  - Sources and full texts

notes

  1. ↑ Focus: The biographical elements depicted in the scenes. Contains: suggestions for working with the bilingual Broadcast * On the beach of Étretat * A prostitute's room * In the study * On this novella * Maupassant's disease progressing * On the waterfront * The clinic's park * Further work.- The programs are also available on data carriers on the website. Production by Frédéric Ortiz, Théâtre Off, Marseille; TV director Jean-Marie Perrochat. Accompanying material (summary) on the website in the "Background" section; Bibliography