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Henry-Rene-Albert- Guy De Maupassant, or Guy De Maupassant, is generally considered to be the greatest French writer of short stories. Maupassant, the French short story writer and novelist, was born in Normandy in 1850 to a middle class family. During the 1880s Maupassant created some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. In tone, his tales were marked by precision of style and a range of expression. Although his stories range from moving drama to sometimes bizarre comedy, it is his macabre horror stories that have received much attention.
The advice Maupassant seems to give in "The Necklace" is "Don't aspire for more than you have, it will ruin you".
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