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Matilde Loisel and her husband visited a jewelry shop and it would cost 36,000 francs to replace the one the lost. They got home and had to fire the cleaners and workers, The worked relentlessly because they had a loan on the necklace
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Mathilde was a beautiful women who could never afford a luxurious life. She was unhappy and always wanted more, her husband who was a clerk always tried to impress her but never had enough money.
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Mathilde had two invitations to the most prestige's ball in France. She begged her husband for a dress which costed four hundred francs. She then wanted a piece of jewelry to go with the dress. The husband didn't have enough money so he told her to go to her childhood friend Madame Forestier, she gave her a beautiful necklace.
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The day of the ball arrived and she was the most beautiful person in the room, she was so happy until the ball ended. on the way home she realized she lost the necklace
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10 years later and Matilde Loisel meets Madame Foriester. She explained the necklace and what they had to do, Madame Foriester laughed and said it was a fake which costed at most 500 francs.