Fifteen vivid stories set in Europe and Mansfieldâs native New Zealand populate this selection of tales inspired by the complex nature of the human condition. The author delivers an insightful look at modern behavior post-World War I....
Originally published in 1920, Bliss and Other Stories , is an iconic collection of Katherine Mansfields masterful narratives that include "The Man Without a Temperament." This captivating work embodies the authors signature style and unmistakable...
In a German Pension captures the youthful views of esteemed writer, Katherine Mansfield, who jumpstarted her illustrious career with a series of remarkable short stories. It showcases her growth and scope as a formidable nineteenth century writer.
"The Garden Party and Other Stories" is a 1922 collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield. Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923) was a modernist writer from New Zealand who produced poetry and short stories under the pseudonym Katherine...
A windless, warm day greets the Sheridan family on the day of their garden party. As daughter Laura takes the reins on party preparations the news of a neighbour's demise casts a cloud over the host and threatens the entire celebration.
When her wealthy family prepares to host a lavish summer party, the young, hitherto sheltered Laura Sheridan suddenly feels a kinship with the staff and the helpers hired to set up the venue for the festivities. As she learns of the death of one of their...
Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp Murry was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield left for Great Britain in 1908 where she encountered...
Katherine Mansfield is known for her tender humanity, her clarity, her wit and her courageous gaiety. These qualities are abundantly evident in The Garden Party and Other Stories , her last collection.
A brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone edition This dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer's day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great...
Happy endings come in many guises.. . A "taster flight" collection of classic love stories that end on a high note: fun and spirited, with overtones that will linger awhile. . The flight includes: . The Singing...
"Miss Brill," the bittersweet story of a fragile woman living an ephemeral life of observation and simple pleasures in Paris, established Mansfield as one of the preeminent writers of the Modernist period. The title story, which involved a similar...