Masterpieces of Short Fiction

Maupassant's "The Necklace" - Real and Paste (1x4)

Air date: Jan 01, 2008

This lecture continues to focus on "little people" with Maupassant's classic tale of bourgeois longing and ironic reversals. In considering the story's famous surprise ending, you examine what the author had to say about morality, materialism, and the unpredictability of fate.