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The Garden Party and Other Stories

By Lorna Sage and Katherine Mansfield
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The Garden Party and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield that captures the intricacies of human relationships and class differences through vivid, often poignant narratives. Set in early 20th-century settings, these stories explore the subtleties of everyday life, drawing on themes of identity, societal norms, and the nuances of family dynamics. The stories offer deep psychological insights and are celebrated for their delicate prose and emotional depth.
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This collection offers a rich tapestry of human experiences with perceptive and finely crafted stories. You might enjoy this book if you appreciate nuanced character studies and stories that explore the complexities of social class and human nature. Its vivid and emotionally resonant narratives may appeal to those who enjoy thought-provoking fiction with keen observational insights.

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Contains fifteen stories, many of which are set in the author's native New Zealand, and others in England and the French Riviera.

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The Garden Party and Other Stories comes with an introduction by Lorna Sage.

Innovative, startlingly perceptive, and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand, others in England and the French Riviera.

All stories are revelations of the unspoken, half-understood emotions that make up everyday experience. From the blackly comic "The Daughters of the Late Colonel", and the short, sharp sketch "Miss Brill", where a lonely woman's precarious sense of self is brutally destroyed, to the vivid impressionistic evocation of family life in "At the Bay".

"All that I write," Mansfield said, "all that I am - is on the borders of the sea. It is a kind of playing."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141441801

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Lorna Sage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 148g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Katherine Mansfield (Author) Born in New Zealand in 1888, Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp was primarily a writer of short stories. She published Prelude and The Garden Party and Other Stories before her premature death from TB in 1923. Something Childish and her journal and letters were published posthumously.

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