![]() In "Honoured!" (Décoré!), Mr Sacrement wants to receive the Legion d'Honneur and will do anything to get it, such as making friends with a local politician, Mr Rosselin. She decides to go to the insurers to try to get them to pay for the repairs, but doesn't exactly tell them the whole story. "The Umbrella" (Le Parapluie) is about a potential insurance fraud! Thrifty Mme Oreille is angry when she sees that her husband's brand new umbrella has cigar burns on it. Mathilde and her husband have a wonderful evening, but as they leave the ball, Mathilde realises she's no longer wearing the necklace. ![]() She realises that she doesn't have a lavish-enough necklace to wear with the dress, so asks to borrow one from her rich friend, Mme Forestier. For this very important occasion, Mathilde buys a very expensive dress, which she can't really afford. In "The Diamond Necklace" (La Parure), Mathilde Loisel and her husband are invited to an exclusive ball. If you're learning French, you should find this book fairly easy to follow because the language is not too flowery.Īlternatively, the stories are available to read in English. ![]() ![]() In this book of short stories, the characters are ordinary people leading ordinary lives. ![]()
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