The Necklace by Guy De Montpussain

Guy de Montpussain's short story The Necklace is a cautionary tale about vanity and the pursuit of material wealth. Chat GPT asked Guy for a description saying 150 words, he replied with this: "I got to admit it, pain me to read that" It's all true, perfectly analyzed, but it literally stripped the beating heart out of the story which has you leaning forward every word.