Coffee and a Story

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

October 5, 2026
$30 · included with a subscription

France, 1884: a borrowed necklace, one glittering evening, and what keeping up appearances really costs. The full 45-minute packet: host guide, large-print reader set, the whole story in large print, poster, TV screens and announcement text.

Also part of Passport Week · France ($99 for the whole week).

The PDFs

Host guide
4 pages · 461 KB · Fillable: community name🔒 Subscribers
Reader set
6 pages · 3.8 MB · Fillable: community name, date, time, place🔒 Subscribers
Full story, large print
16 pages · 357 KB · Fillable: community name🔒 Subscribers
About the author
1 page · 386 KB · Fillable: community name🔒 Subscribers
Poster
1 page · 2.2 MB · Fillable: community name, date, time, place🔒 Subscribers
TV screens, 1920x1080
3 pages · 2.4 MB · Fillable: community name, date, time, place🔒 Subscribers
Screen announcements
1 page · 285 KB · Fillable: community name🔒 Subscribers

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Includes the Sunday Short Story from The World Desk of October 4, in large print with its discussion questions (public-domain text).

Edited by William Kohn, who lives in a life-plan community himself.