This story is the basis of Sloane Crosley's first novel, in which Victor's search for a piece of Nazi loot takes him to its author's estate.
This story is the basis of Sloane Crosley's first novel, in which Victor's search for a piece of Nazi loot takes him to its author's estate. This story's narrator exclaims "How strange life is, how fickle!" after describing a "strong, hard, and rough" woman who talks loudly as she washes floors. This story's protagonist dreams of "fine dinners, of shining silverware" when a man exclaims "Beef stew! What could be better!" A man in this story (*)  buys his wife a dress so that they can attend a ball hosted by the Ministry of Education. Upon meeting an old friend in the Champs-Élysées  (SHAWN-zay-lee-ZAY)  after ten years of hard work, the main character of this story learns that an object was worth just five hundred francs. For 10 points, Mathilde Loisel  (mah-TEELD lwah-ZELL)  borrows a piece of fake jewelry in what Guy Maupassant story?
This story is the basis of Sloane Crosley's first novel, in which Victor's search for a piece of Nazi loot takes him to its author's estate.
"The  Necklace " [or The  Diamond Necklace "; or "La  Parure "]