The Garden Party And Collected Short Stories
By (author) Mansfield Katherine
متوفر في المخزن
١٠٫٤٧ $
يتم شحنها بين 2 و 4 أيام
By (author) Mansfield Katherine
Short description/annotation
This edition contains all of Mansfi eld''s published short stories from different collections, including `The Garden Party'' and `In a German Pension''.
Description
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 working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary Modernism, `The Garden Party'' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes all of Katherine Mansfi eld''s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century''s finest writers.
Table of contents
Contains: Prelude, Je ne parle pas français, Bliss, The Wind Blows, Psychology, Pictures, The Man without a Temperament, Mr Reginald Peacock''s Day, Sun and Moon, Feuille d''album, A Dill Pickle, The Little Governess, Revelations, The Escape, The Garden Party, The Daughters of the Late Colonel, The Doll''s House, The Fly, Germans at Meat, The Baron, The Sister of the Baroness, Frau Fischer, Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding, The Modern Soul, At Lehmann''s, The Luftbad, A Birthday, The Child-Who-Was-Tired, The Advanced Lady, The Swing of the Pendulum, A Blaze.
Review quote
It is necessary to read no more than two or three of Miss Mansfield''s stories before discovering that she has great talent. And after reading all of them, including her first volume, Bliss, there is no doubt at all that this talent amounts to the rare thing which a lack of a juster word to express our enthusiasms we call genius, and that her name must be added to that small company of the living... who really have something to say, and can say it uncommonly well. -- Robert Littell * New Republic * I was jealous of her writing - the only writing I have ever been jealous of. -- Virginia Woolf
Biographical note
Born and raised in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfi eld (1888-1923) became a major fi gure of the Modernist movement before tragically dying at the age of thirty-four.
Promotional headline
Published at the height of literary modernism, `The Garden Party'' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes all of Mansfield''s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century''s finest writers.
Feature
Contains all of Mansfield’s published short stories from different collections, including The Garden Party and In a German Pension
Feature
One of the key authors of the Modernist movement
Feature
Beautifully packaged
Feature
Includes pictures and an extensive section on Mansfield’s life and works
Short description/annotation
This edition contains all of Mansfi eld''s published short stories from different collections, including `The Garden Party'' and `In a German Pension''.
Description
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 working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary Modernism, `The Garden Party'' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes all of Katherine Mansfi eld''s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century''s finest writers.
Table of contents
Contains: Prelude, Je ne parle pas français, Bliss, The Wind Blows, Psychology, Pictures, The Man without a Temperament, Mr Reginald Peacock''s Day, Sun and Moon, Feuille d''album, A Dill Pickle, The Little Governess, Revelations, The Escape, The Garden Party, The Daughters of the Late Colonel, The Doll''s House, The Fly, Germans at Meat, The Baron, The Sister of the Baroness, Frau Fischer, Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding, The Modern Soul, At Lehmann''s, The Luftbad, A Birthday, The Child-Who-Was-Tired, The Advanced Lady, The Swing of the Pendulum, A Blaze.
Review quote
It is necessary to read no more than two or three of Miss Mansfield''s stories before discovering that she has great talent. And after reading all of them, including her first volume, Bliss, there is no doubt at all that this talent amounts to the rare thing which a lack of a juster word to express our enthusiasms we call genius, and that her name must be added to that small company of the living... who really have something to say, and can say it uncommonly well. -- Robert Littell * New Republic * I was jealous of her writing - the only writing I have ever been jealous of. -- Virginia Woolf
Biographical note
Born and raised in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfi eld (1888-1923) became a major fi gure of the Modernist movement before tragically dying at the age of thirty-four.
Promotional headline
Published at the height of literary modernism, `The Garden Party'' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes all of Mansfield''s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century''s finest writers.
Feature
Contains all of Mansfield’s published short stories from different collections, including The Garden Party and In a German Pension
Feature
One of the key authors of the Modernist movement
Feature
Beautifully packaged
Feature
Includes pictures and an extensive section on Mansfield’s life and works
