Explanation:
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant is a story about a woman named Mathilde Loisel who is unhappy with her middle-class life and longs for wealth and luxury. When she is invited to a fancy ball, she borrows a diamond necklace from a friend to wear, but loses it. Instead of telling her friend the truth, she and her husband replace the necklace at great cost, plunging them into debt for years. The conflict in the story is between Mathilde’s desire for material possessions and her inability to accept her own circumstances, leading to a tragic and avoidable outcome.