Guy de Maupassant: Short Stories

The Jewels

Monsier Lantin's views of the jewels are very different from his wife's views. What do people make of Madame Lantin's words and actions here?

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Monsier Lantin find his wife's jewelry rather vulgar.... he thinks they take away from her beauty. Of course, Lantin believes that his wife's jewels are fakes.

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The Jewelry

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