Guy De Maupassant is the author of The Jewelry Story, and he wrote this story in 1883. He was born on August 5, 1850, in the Castle Miromesnil in France. He was a nineteenth-century French writer, who is known as perhaps the best author of the modern short story. His profession started in 1880 in France, and his stories were based upon the aspects of the French Society. Some of his other stories are The Necklace, The Horla, and Two Friends. He passed away on July 6, 1893.
Maupassant’s story spins around the life of Mr. Latin, a central representative at the French Ministry of Interior, and his wife, Mrs. Latin in Paris. Toward the start, the reader is familiarized with the primary meeting between Mr. Latin and his spouse, which occurred at the place of an administrator. Latin quickly falls in love with the young ladies. This story concentrates more on character and irony than it does to different artistic strategies. After the wedding, the couple’s initial six years are loaded with bliss and common comprehension. Nevertheless, the wife contains a passion for fake adornments and jewelry as well as phony theaters. Despite this, Mrs. Latin is a decent housekeeper and very neat. These attributes bring Mr. Latin an outstanding life. After six years of their marriage, the wife went out to the opera one cold night but she came back home freezing. She got an awful cough, and she passed away from Pneumonia within one week. Mr. Latin couldn’t contact or change anything possessed by his spouse since they helped him to remember her and her love for him. Mr. Latin chooses to sell his wife’s gems because of failure to meet the household; however, he is shocked to understand that they were real and worth a lot. The reader infers that she more likely than not been an indecent lady who was prepared to betray his husband to obtain an average lifestyle. Mr. Latin chooses to sell each gem possessed by his spouse, leaves his place of employment, and utilizes the cash to support his life financially.
In ‘The Jewelry’, Guy de Maupassant tries to develop irony utilizing the lives of urban individuals, particularly because of the decay of morals in the public. In my opinion, it was an excellent short story, and I really like it. It depicts the desires and the different things that make humans happy. The good lesson to learn in this story is that money is not always everything in life, and materialistic greed is not the only option in this world. Also, I believe it is beautifully written in which you can really analyze several qualities. However, I wish the story would have been longer and would have given more explanations because I felt eager for more after the ending.
In conclusion, a brief biography of ‘The Jewelry’ author, as well as its summary is clearly written. Moreover, I have also added my personal opinion about the story and the story’s message at the end.
