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Katherine Mansfield's Selected Short Stories
[Contains 35 stories, plus correspondence and critical essays]
With the exception of the first four stories, all were written within a period of ten years. These stories, and the letters following, reflect the urgency of a writer who knew her time was limited. All but four of the texts of the stories reprinted here are versions that Mansfield herself revised or ...more
With the exception of the first four stories, all were written within a period of ten years. These stories, and the letters following, reflect the urgency of a writer who knew her time was limited. All but four of the texts of the stories reprinted here are versions that Mansfield herself revised or ...more
Paperback, 430 pages
Published
November 1st 2005
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published April 28th 1983)
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I had heard of but never read anything by Katherine Mansfield so I was curious when this turned up at a BooKCrossing Meetup. I enjoyed her style of writing, drawing characters with just a few phrases or gestures but the plotting didn't always work. Part of it is my own problems with short stories, I'm not a big fan of many of them. Some here worked very well and some less so. The first story I was very drawn into and then didn't even realize i...more
I had heard of but never read anything by Katherine Mansfield so I was curious when this turned up at a BooKCrossing Meetup. I enjoyed her style of writing, drawing characters with just a few phrases or gestures but the plotting didn't always work. Part of it is my own problems with short stories, I'm not a big fan of many of them. Some here worked very well and some less so. The first story I was very drawn into and then didn't even realize i...more
I'd have to agree with Mansfield speaking of her earliest work:
“I cannot have the German Pension republished under any circumstances. It is far too immature...it's not good enough”
The later stories, however, were much more enjoyable.
“I cannot have the German Pension republished under any circumstances. It is far too immature...it's not good enough”
The later stories, however, were much more enjoyable.
Mansfield would have otherwise been off my radar if it wasn't for reading fellow New Zealander, Janet Frame's, work. (Apparently, Frame's mother was a maid for Mansfield's family.) The selected short stories are written very cleanly and have a distinct British, middle-class air. A good sense of loss and longing is captured throughout.
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I'll tend to read a story from this book here and there. On a rainy night, I'll read one of the stories from this book. They're pretty short, but each one is very profound. I'll probably be reading it for a long time because I don't want it to end :).
Read a majority of stories for a class. Love how she's able to craft words, but left unsatisfied by most of the stories.
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I couldn't see the TOC of this one on Amazon, but I imagine it has the stories we are interested in...
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if you like short stories, katherine mansfield is the master
I especially love Prelude & At the Bay
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Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield.
Katherine Mansfield is widely considered one of the best short story writers of her period. A number of her works, including "Miss Brill", "Prelude", "The Garden Party", "The Doll's House", and later works suc...more
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Katherine Mansfield is widely considered one of the best short story writers of her period. A number of her works, including "Miss Brill", "Prelude", "The Garden Party", "The Doll's House", and later works suc...more
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