CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed answer: The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is set in Paris, France.

Detailed explanation-2: -The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is set in Paris in 1884. Mathilde Loisel is the wife of a junior clerk in the Ministry of Public Instruction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Exposition: Set in Paris, France in 1880. A young middle-class woman dreams of a lifestyle far beyond her reach. One day, her husband comes home with tickets to attend a very affluent party, and she is excited to attend, but upset that she will look dowdy. Conflict: Mathilde Loisel is not wealthy, yet she dreams to be.

Detailed explanation-4: -The setting of “The Necklace” is late-nineteenth-century Paris. Specific settings include Madame Loisel’s apartment, her friend Madame Forestier’s home, the ball, streets, and the detailed scenes created by Madame Loisel’s imagination.

Detailed explanation-5: -The story “The Necklace” was published in Paris. It appeared in the Paris newspaper La Gaulois on 17 February, 1884. The story was later included in Maupassant’s 1885 collection Stories of Night and Day (Contes du jour et de la nuit).