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The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

Start date: January 1, 2021

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Jan 23, 2011 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-stories, 3ms, new-zealand-authors, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, read-2011, library-loan

It's a pity KM didn't live in New Zealand her whole life but certainly this beautiful inspired her work in some way. ...more

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Jan 27, 2021 Brenda rated it it was ok

I debated between 2 and 3, and would have gone with 2.5.
I just didn't connect with these stories. I know they are only short stories, but I don't care for Mansfield's writing nor the stories, which felt both disjointed and juvenile. The stories were very random, starting and stopping in seemingly odd places. Many times leaving the reader wondering.... was that the end? Is that all? I'm not sure if I'll read anything else by her. ...more

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Nov 25, 2025 GONZA rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: goodreadsgroups, posseduto

Rarefied atmospheres, feelings ranging from bland to absent, situations that I find hard to imagine right now. All in all, these are the impressions that this book of short stories left me with, and I would like more, many more. I don't usually like short stories, but I am ready to retract that statement for these.

Atmosfere rarefatte, sentimenti che vanno dal blando all'assente, situazioni che ora come ora faccio fatica ad immaginare. Queste sono tutto sommato le sensazioni che questo libro di r ...more

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May 02, 2019 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it

Shelves: read-the-world, read-in-2019, read-the-world-2018-2020, short-stories, 1001-books, oceania

I read this book of short stories with high hopes that I would see some of the history and culture of New Zealand. The stories are sweet, simple, well-written and picturesque, but I didn't care about the characters and didn't feel I learned much either. ...more

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May 01, 2021 Karen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001

I was really quite surprised how quickly I was able to read these stories.

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Jan 16, 2010 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: new-zealand-authors, audio-books, classics, read-2009

Series of three classic short stories celebrating the riotous, witty, cocktail-swilling party people of the 1920s, dubbed by Evelyn Waugh the 'Bright Young Things'.

By Katherine Mansfield. A lavish party at the luxurious Sheridan family home is jeopardised when a local workman meets with a tragic death.

Read by Romola Garai.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton. ...more

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