This lesson focuses on the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. It defines irony and the types of irony and provides links to a PDF text of "The Necklace" and reading questions.

This is a six page PDF of the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Read to find out what happened to the borrowed diamond necklace.

Here is the full text (in English) of Maupassant's famous short story, The Necklace, as well as links to a brief comment about the story and a bibliography of the story.

This is a PDF of a 10-question worksheet for "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.

One of Guy de Maupassant's most famous short stories, The Necklace tells the story of a middle class woman whose dreams of money end in disaster. This site provides a fascinating look at the characters, themes and important quotations.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review and assessment of a collection of short stories. The following literary terms are applied to the stories: plot structure, types of characters, characterization, irony,...

This site shares a short story elements trivia game. Examples of short story elements are applied to high school classic literature.

Read the full text of the short story The Diamond Necklace by Guy de Maupassant.