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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
STD X
ENGLISH LESSON NOTES

MODULE: THE NECKLACE
Objective

 To help them know that satisfaction is the key to happiness.
 To help them understand that we should be content with what life give us.

The Necklace Introduction to the lesson
The story revolves around a selfish lady named Matilda. She is unsatisfied with her life as
she wants a rich husband but because she belongs to a family of clerks and her family is
unable to give dowry she is married to a clerk. One day, both the husband and wife are
invited to a party at the minister’s house. But Matilda does not have good clothes and
jewels to wear at such a party. Her husband suggests her to buy a dress and ask an old
friend for jewellery. She then borrows a necklace from her friend and goes to the party.
What happens next proves to be a lesson for the unhappy lady.

About the Author
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French writer,
remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist
school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned
and often pessimistic terms. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books,
and one volume of verse.

New words

Incessantly: Continuously
Ex: The ship travels incessantly for 2 days.
Exquisite: Marvellous
Ex: That diamond necklace was very exquisite.
Spitefully: With envy
Ex: Rahul was looking at Deepak spitefully.
Stammered: Stuttered
Ex: The thief was stammering while he was caught.
Dismay: Grief
Ex: When he was failed in III he was in dismay.
Closet: A private room
Ex: He had a closet in his home, in which he studies.

CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY

 Error- a mistake.
 Clerk- a person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and
undertake other routine administrative duties.
 Dowry- an amount of property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their
marriage.