The Necklace
Ending of story
How is the ending of the story surprising?
How is the ending of the story surprising?
The end of the story is surrising because Mathilde has worked herself (and her husband) into the poor house trying to pay for a necklace that wasn't real in the first place.
"Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs! . . . "
The Necklace