The Duchess and the Jeweller Group

Question:

miquela91
miquela91
Student
High School - 12th Grade

Why does the duchess want to sell the pearls?

Rate question:

Posted by miquela91 on Tuesday April 21, 2009 at 8:41 AM.

Answers:

  1. lit24
    lit24 Teacher
    Doctorate

    eNotes Editor

    The Duchess is an inveterate gambler who keeps her addiction to gambling and the huge financial losses she incurs because of her addiction to gambling a secret from her husband.

    She is selling ten pearls secretly to Oliver for twenty thousand pounds to pay a debt which she had incurred to pay off her gambling losses.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/duchess-jeweller-qn
    http://www.enotes.com/duchess-jeweller-qn/
    http://www.enotes.com/duchess-jeweller-qn/themes

    Rate answer:

    Posted by lit24 on Tuesday April 21, 2009 at 7:24 AM