Chinese version:

The world of women is beautiful and touching, and the fate of employees who are born in a family is often like a mistake;

Now say this is exactly this. She has no dowry assets, so there is no hope. Is there any way to make money and status? Get to know her, get to know her, love her, marry her, and finally, she will marry a small boy from the Ministry of Education. The clerk

got married.

Cannot be particular about decoration, she is ordinary, but unfortunately, like a drop of her own women have no

class, no descendant point, their beauty, charm It is for them and the allure of their birth, wealth

. Their natural alertness, superior instincts, and supple souls constitute their only rank among Chinese

women, but are also referred to as the tallest women.

She felt that this was a birth for all the exquisiteness and all the luxury, and therefore felt no pain.

She was very sad because her house was not cute, the walls were rough, the furniture was outdated, and the clothes were vulgar. Yet, in all this, another woman with the same heart as hers, perhaps not even paying attention, made her sad and angry with Brittany who did her chores When the provincial daughter woke up, she was filled with sorrowful regrets and wild thoughts. Her dream

Those quiet reception rooms, the hanging oriental tapestries, how tall the bronze candlesticks are, how to send two kinds of lights

Tall waiters in shorts , waiting to be incited, a warm air-energy water heater, two waiters taking a siesta in large armchairs

. Her dream is to live a big life wearing a coat of ancient city walls, furnished with exquisite porcelain furniture that cannot be valued; her dream?,

Some subtle and fragrant small living rooms, projects before five o'clock in the afternoon can be intimate The boyfriend is there to chat and chat

Women are envious and eager to have a consultant with a famous man.

In fact, however, she had dinner at the small round table and sat across from it

The white cloth covered by the bird soup pool was opened once every three days in front of her husband, A happy air said:

"Ha! What a broth! Is there anything better than it..." So she has been thinking about those dreams of sumptuous and exquisite feasts

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Brilliant silver cutlery, dreams of embroidered fairy gardens in costumes for ladies, strange bird wall clothes

Expensive plates of delicious food, dreams, her dreams are those sweet dishes to eat with a serving Pink trout or chicken wings

Listen to the dragon's cool smile and love words.

She has no decent clothes, no jewelry, nothing. But she happened to be the only one in the happy group who thought

it was her own setting. She will like to be invited so much, can be envied by others, can be seductive

and sought after.

She has a rich friend who is a female student in a church, but now she no longer wants to see her.

When she comes back, it will always feel painful to see her. She cried, regretfully, despairing and worried, but unexpectedly one night, her husband, a proud man, came back with a big envelope.

"There," he said, "this is specially for you." She hurriedly opened the envelope and

printed an invitation from the inside, pumping out this statement:

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"The Minister of Education, Georges Lambonneau, and his wife have the honor to invite Mr. and Mrs. Loisel to the party

on Monday, January 18, in the main building."

Hope she is happy with her husband, who knows she is sad and angry and throws the invitation on the table, coldly

"What should I do if you ask me to take this thing" ?

“But, my dear boy, I think you will be pleased. You never go out, and this is a chance to make things happen, a great opportunity! How hard I went to get their hands on them. Everyone wanted one and it was hard to get their hands on it, but there were no

number of copies to distribute to colleagues. All official delegations are visible.

"

She looked at him with a furious look, and then she said impatiently:

"What did you ask me to wear there? "

He didn't think of that layer; stammered

"But the dress you wore to the cinema, I think it is very good, I

Seeing his wife crying and him not speaking, I was surprised and my heart was confused. Two big tears slowly fell from her eyes

quarrel;:

"He stammered, what do you want? What do you want?"

But she suppressed the pain with a strong heart and patience, and his moistness rubbed on her cheeks

A calm voice replied:

"Nothing, but I don't have any clothes, so I can't go to this party. If you have a colleague whose wife is better dressed than me, you give him the invitation. "

Worried, and then said:

"See here, how much does it cost Matildi, after a set of decent clothes, you can wear them when you have the opportunity

It's very simple Something?"

She reflected on her calculations for a few seconds, taking into account that the number she might ask would not rouse the frugal clerk's gaze. A startled exclamation point and a flat refusal.

At the end, she replied hesitantly:

"Crash, I don't know, but I think, for 400 francs, I might be able to do this.

< p>His face is a little blue" because he is saving such an amount in his hand to buy a gun so that

On summer Sunday, I went south to the Seoul area with some hunting friends. Ordinary bird hunting.

He replied:

The date of the party is correct. "I'll give you four hundred gold francs. But you must think of a way to have a beautiful dress." There was a near, and Mrs. Loisel seemed not to worry, not to worry, restless, anxious, however, she< /p>

Dress running. One night, her husband asked her:

What's the matter with you? Think about it, you have been very strange these past three days. "She said: "It wasn't a piece of jewelry, not a gemstone, plugged in and worn, a little bit, and it taught me to be really upset. Simple

straightforwardly troubled. Now I'd rather go to this party. "He continued:

You will be able to wear some natural floral scents that are excellent and at the current season for 10 francs you can

buy two or three spectacular roses "She won't listen either.

No more... The most shameful thing in the world is a bunch of poor women, among many rich women. ”, but her husband cried: “A goose! Go to your friend Madame de Vouvry and ask her to lend you money well enough, and you know some of her jewels to open

. "

She exclaimed with joy: BR />"This is something I didn't expect.

The next day she went to her friend's house and told her about her troubles.

Volt Mrs. Forestier's covering raised her head He went to the big wardrobe in front of the mirror, took out a big box, and brought it over to play.

He turned to Mrs. Loisel:

"You have the right to choose what suits you, dear. "

She first saw many bracelets, then a pearl necklace, then a Venetian gold cross,

precious stones.; She tried these ornaments before the mirror, hesitated, unwilling Leave these things behind and return them.

"Do you have anything else to do?" ”

“Some people find themselves, I don’t know what you mean. "She suddenly found the weight of all the real diamonds inlaid into a necklace in the small black silk satin frame, an expectation, and then her heart gradually jumped up. . Holding the thing, her hands trembled, and she pressed his robe above the collar.

Then, she saw her own shadow in the mirror that had been in front of her for a long time. Hesitantly asked:

"Can you give me this thing, full of anxiety, is this all I need?" ”

“Of course, of course.

She jumped up, hugged her friend's neck, kissed him, and when the kiss was over, she slipped away with the child.

One day at the party, Madame Loisel was a A huge success, she is prettier than most ladies, sure to be, fashionable, charming,

constantly smiling, and wildly amused as men look at her in a daze, sniffing her name, and trying. Let yourself be introduced to her

The cabinet members want to dance with her, the ministers also pay attention to her

She dances with intoxication, she dances with excitement, she is intoxicated with joy. Winning

Li is satisfied with his appearance, satisfied with the glory of his achievements; satisfaction, in all the flattery, praise and this makes women think unusually complete, but sweet

Beautiful A cloud of blessing surrounded her.

She had to leave her husband for an hour at four o'clock in the morning, with the other three. A gentleman fell asleep unattended in the small living room, and the wives of the other three men danced happily on her shoulders while he put on his clothes and went home to save money. Clothes, these things are

not cute on average, it is a luxurious outfit and the dance will not match. She feels this, so to avoid

wrap it in some precious leather Ladies, please note that she actually wanted to escape.

Loisel held her hand:

"You will catch the cold when you go outside. I will look for a street car rental."

But she did not listen to him and hurried down the steps with the children. When they were in the street, they could not find a carriage and they searched

began to search, chasing within sight

They headed towards the Seine River. The two of them were disappointed and shivering with cold. In the end, they were in Binjiang.

In fact, he was so sick of such a night trip. Car - This car is as shameful in Paris during the day,

So visible after dark

The car keeps her melancholy on the ground floor of her apartment. , it's all over

He but remembers them tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, in front of the mirror, she takes off her cloak around the people's shoulders and wants to again. Looking at her glory

Suddenly, she no longer had a string of diamond necklaces around her throat!

Her husband was already half-dressed! Clothes, he quickly asked:

"What is it?" "

She turned to him with her hair wildly and said:

"I...I...I couldn't find the necklace of Mrs. Fry. Si

He jumped up, frightened, and stood up:

"What! ...What! ...Where can such a thing happen!"

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So they fold their gowns, their coat folds, their pockets, are seeking an era that they have not found

Ask him:

"Can you guarantee that when you put the ball Sorry? "

"Yeah, I ran into it in the front office. "

"But if you lose it, we can hear it. The voice fell. The car

should be the same. "

"Yes, is it the car you once wrote about? "

How about you without you? Didn't you notice?

"No".

They looked at each other dumbfounded by Mudeng. Finally, Loisel re-dressed significantly better.

"I Let's go," he said, "I went and took the route we took. Let's see what you can find.

"

Ask him:

"Can you guarantee that you still have the ball when you leave? ”

“Yeah, I touched it in the aisle of my department. "

"However, if you lose it on the road, we can hear the sound of it falling. Car

It should be. ”

“Yes, you may have noticed the license plate number?” "

"No, what about you? Didn't you pay attention? "

"No".

They looked at each other and dumbfounded Mudeng. Finally, Loisel re-dressed significantly better.

"I'm leaving," he said, "I'm going, let's see what you can find." He walked out

< p>One. She didn't even have the energy to sleep, and she had never changed her clothes. They were leaning on the armchair, without a fire, and nothing could be thought of in my mind.

Her husband comes home at seven o'clock. Not found.

He went to the police headquarters to offer the newspaper a reward, had gone to the taxi company, and all of this,

had a glimmer of hope to go to 1 place.

In a dazed state, she waited for a whole day in front of this terrible disaster.

Loisel had a haggard gray face behind him in the evening, but he didn't find it at all.

"Should," he said, "write to your girlfriend that the necklace hook you have broken is now being

repaired so we can have turnaround time."

She wrote this letter under his dictation.

A week later, they had lost all hope. And Loisel, like five years old, exclaimed:

"It is time to try to lose the child."

The next day, they put the treasure box, the inner box into the jewelry box Signs of the store, the store owner

has checked out a lot of books.

"Once upon a time, his wife, this necklace was not sold out in my store and I only had the box".

So they visit a jeweler, looking for a lost piece of jewelry of the same thing, with the memory of the self

their own reference to their sadness and anxiety that makes them sick.

They had a bunch of Buddhist beads inlaid with diamonds into a string in a small shop on Palace Street, and they felt like they were looking for

a bunch. Worth 40,000 francs. This store can give them thirty-six thousand.

They begged the owner of the jewelry store not to sell it within three days. And another condition: if the original

string comes back before the end of February, a store of three to forty-five thousand francs buys this string and returns it.

Loisel saved his father and left him 18,000 gold francs. I had to borrow it to rest.

His hand borrowed, borrowed a thousand francs, of which, five Lu Yi gold dollars, 500 passed three to each other

. He signed: IOU's numerous bankruptcy contracts, orders, and material utilization, dealing with lenders of various nationalities. He ruined his life and the future. Regardless of success or failure, Li Zhen took the risk to sign his name and thought about the difficulties in the future. He thought that the darkness of poverty would press on him and thought of the entire material world. On the lack of foresight

and mental torture caused, he is a terrorist, put down

6000 francs, take the new necklace string finally arrived, at the counter of the jewelry store .

Madame Fries looked displeased with the necklace that Loisel had backed up, and she said:

"You should have returned it to me earlier, because I might have to use it."

BR />She didn't open the case, which was a worrying thing for her girlfriend. If she has noticed substitution, what does she

think? Would she think of her as a thief?

Mrs. Loisel tasted the embarrassing life of the poor. In addition, the sudden appearance of heroic determination,

a frightening debt must be repaid. She will pay. They fired the maid, moved, and rented a loft under a roof somewhere.

She started doing all the housework, stiff and tired of the daily routine tasks in the kitchen. Grease the base of the pot and wear those pink nails in the tank as she washes the dishes. Underwear and towels, she personally washed and then hung on the rope; every morning, and she disposed of the garbage downstairs and put the water upstairs, every finished floor you had to sit on

Stairs gasp. And, dress like a woman, her woman goes with a basket to the vegetable store, grocery store, butcher shop

Haggling, being scolded, strong copper coins copper plate to protect her poor child change .

Every month, some IOUs must be restored and some new ones created to buy time.

Her husband often transcribed the accounts on behalf of a merchant, and in the evening and night he had to copy the surface of a book that cost five copper dollars a side.

Late, this life lasted for ten years.

At the end of the two years the entire debt was actually paid, together with the loan shark's interest, and the amount

The interest was compounded on the Gary Net.

Mrs. Loisel looks old. Now she has become a poor strong, hard and rough woman. Chaos

Arms tied around Weide's hair, skirt, bare red hands, talking loudly, washing the floor with a big basin. But sometimes, her

husband goes to the office and she sits alone in front of the window and she wants to dance before the party.

She is so beautiful and so popular.

If the piece of jewelry was not lost during the incident, what state would she be in? Who knows? Who knows? Life is really weird and fickle.

Whether it's to you or to save you, just a little thing.

However, one Sunday, when she was changing her daily routine on the Champs Elysées,

suddenly, I saw a woman walking with her child. of. Come to Mrs. Fleischer, she is forever young, forever beautiful

Always seductive.

Mrs. Loisel was very excited. Does she talk to her? Yes of course. And now that she's out of debt

service, she'll tell her. why not? She stepped forward.

“Good morning, Jenny.

This actually didn’t know her at all, and to think that he was known to be so affectionate with this woman was a strange thing for her

Supporting the hesitation, I said:

"That's right. I am Mathilde Loisel."

Her friend shouted:

"Oh! .. ....Poor Mathilde, you've really changed your appearance! ..."

"Yes, I've had a lot of very hard days since I last saw you and A lot of trouble

You!..."

"For me..what's going on?"

"After a while , did you borrow the diamond necklace, now do you remember it? "

"Remember what?"

"Where did you bring it to me."

"I brought you another one just loving it. Now that we've spent ten years on it, we've paid reps for it

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Price. Like we don't, you understand, it's not easy to pay off the bill now, I'm really satisfied

"

Mrs. Forrest Jie stopped

"You said, you bought the diamond necklace to compensate for my necklace?"

"Yes, yours You couldn't see it at all in the past, right? Those two strings of things turned out to be the same. "

Then her sudden air of exaggeration and innocence was deeply moved and she smiled happily

Mrs. Vuisse, grabbed her hand:

". Poor Mathilde, but I said a lot, this is false, in the most worth 500 francs! .... .."

ENG:

Her beautiful and charming girl, was born into a family of employees who made a mistake in destiny. She had no dowry, no hope, no way to be known, known, loved, rich and distinguished by marrying men and she made them match her for a small clerkship in the Ministry of Education.

She is very simple, because she cannot pay attention to decoration, but she is very unhappy, although maintaining her own class, because women have no class, no descendants, their beauty, their grace and their Charm provides them with services rather than birth and wealth. Their natural alertness, the superior grace of their instincts, and the suppleness of their souls, are the only ones of their rank, and can put the daughters of men on an equal footing with the noblest ladies. 2

She suffered from a strong feeling that she was born for all exquisiteness and all luxury. She suffered from the poverty where she lived, the shabby walls, the worn chairs, the ugly things.

All these things, which don't even notice another woman, her caste, torture her and make her resentful. The sight of the little girl waking Brittany from her chores, her sorrowful regrets and wild thoughts. She made her quiet reception rooms hung with tall bronze lamps, lighted Oriental tapestries, two tall infantrymen in breeches at the knees, dozing in large arm-chairs by the hot stove. She lets her heart live in the large living room, decorated with exquisite furniture from the ancient Silk Road, supported by precious BRIC bric-a-brac, and in the coquettish little room, overflowing with fragrance, prepared for five o'clock with her closest friends Bell chats with famous and sought after men whose attention is envied and desired by all women.

When she sat down to eat, the 3-day-old, ex-her husband on the tablecloth, lifted the lid of the tureen and declared with air of satisfaction, "Ah, good pot au-feu. I Don't know what could be better than this, "she thought of sumptuous exquisite feasts, with gleaming silver, tapestries on the walls, ancient figures peopling strange birds in a fairy forest, she was thinking of what, exquisite dishes, She had whispered over the marvelous platters and heard the praises and sphinx-like smiles as she ate a pink-flesh seabass or a portion of grouse wings.

She had no decent clothes, no jewelry, nothing. She loves nothing else, she feels she is the only one. She would like to be invited so much, could be envied by others, could be seductive and sought after.

She had a rich friend, a comrade-in-arms, who lived in her monastery, and she didn't want to go and see more people, so she spent countless amounts of money. She cried all day, out of chagrin, out of regret, out of despair, out of danger.

But one night her husband came to a proud air, holding in his hand a large envelope.

"There," said he, "I have something for you."

She hurriedly opened the document and took out a printed card with these words:< /p>

"The Minister of Education and Mrs. Georges Rampouneau. Mrs. M. Loisel did their honor by passing them in the evening at the Ministry of the Royal Palace, last Monday, January."

Instead of being happy because her husband wanted her to throw her worries on the table, mumbling an invitation

"Is there anything you want me to do?"

"But, dear , I think you'll be happy that you never go out, here's a chance, fine, I got it the hardest job everyone has after them, they're greatly sought after and there aren't many clerks out there for you. Seeing all the formal world "

She looked at him with an angry look, and she shouted impatiently: "What do you want me to do there? Go?"

What he didn't expect was that he hesitated:

"But your clothes for going to the theater look good, I... ”

He spoke and was surprised to see his distraught wife crying. Two big tears slowly flowed from the corners of the eyes to the corners of the mouth. He stammered:

What happened? What happened? "

However, after a fierce effort, she had conquered her troubles and wiped her face moistened by tears. She replied in a calm voice:

”No. But I don't have any clothes, so I can't go to the party. Give your card to some colleague whose wife has a better outfit than me"

He was melancholy. He started over:

" See here, Mathil De, how much does it cost, a decent set of clothes, will this be something very simple for other occasions? "

She thought for several seconds, confirming her calculations, and also considered the sum she might have asked, which did not match the thrifty clerk's refusal and a frightened exclamation mark.

" Finally, she replied hesitantly:

"I don't know exactly, but it seems to me that with 400 francs I might be able to do it."

He grew a little pale, and with such a sum in hand he bought a gun and treated himself to a little shooting, and next summer, on the plains of Nanterre, spent Sundays shooting lark with some friends.

But he said:

“Okay, I’ll give you four hundred gold francs. But be careful and have a nice dress.

The day of the party was approaching, Madame. Loisel looked sad, restless, and anxious. However, her clothes were ready. One evening her husband said to her:

"What happened, come on, now, you have been very strange for the past three days.

She replied:

"This makes me very annoyed. There are gems but not a stone. It makes me too poor. I would rather not go to this party."

He replied:

"You will wear a few flowers, they are very fashionable this time of year." For ten gold francs you will have two or three magnificent roses.

But she didn’t believe it.

“No, there is nothing more embarrassing than looking down on a lot of rich women.” "

But her husband shouted:

"You are so confused! Go find your friend, lady. Forester and ask her to borrow some jewelry, you know she does it well. "

She exclaimed with joy

"This is true, I didn't expect this.

The next day she went to her friend and told her about her troubles.

I. Forester went to her wardrobe and took out the mirror A big coffin, take it, open it, and say Madam Loisel: