Guy de maupassant, an outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the/kloc-9th century, is known as "the three great short story masters in the world" together with Chekhov of Russia and O'Henry of the United States, among which Mo Bosang is known as "the king of short stories in the world". He wrote six novels, 359 short stories and three travel notes in his life. He is the writer with the largest number of short stories and the highest achievement in the history of French literature. Representative works include Necklace, Belle Ami, boule de suif, My Uncle Yule and so on.
Creation background:1In the late 9th century, hypocrisy, selfishness and greed prevailed in French society. Although Mo Bosang's attitude towards bourgeois civilization at that time was contradictory, he was most keenly aware of the poverty, meanness and hypocrisy of bourgeois civilization. What makes him particularly sad is that in capitalist society, people "live under the rule of remuneration" and "kneel in front of money idols". However, in such a society, this realist writer reveals the abnormal phenomenon of love and marriage caused by the capitalist system. Heritage, wills, jewelry and other works are footnotes of abnormal marriage in the money society.
This novel inherits Mo Bosang's consistent writing style: ingenious conception and layout, drawing materials from ordinary daily life, and making the novel vivid and attractive through fascinating plot arrangement. The novel reveals the evil side of money in capitalist society and the vanity of ordinary citizens in front of money. The novel vividly embodies Mo Bosang's creative characteristics through detailed psychological description of characters and unexpected ending arrangement.