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The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

Start date: January 1, 2021

Finish date: January 31, 2021

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Feb 20, 2024 Sara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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An exploration of the class divide through the events of one day in the life of a privileged young girl. Mansfield is an artistic writer, whose flair for description serves her well in drawing the contrasts between the lives of the rich, throwing a garden party, and the poor who live nearby and are experiencing a tragic loss.

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May 14, 2019 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I read this short-story in The World's Greatest Short Stories, edited by James Daley. This book contains an excellent sample of short stories by well-known authors of the 19th and 20th centuries.

This short story (written in 1922) is another great example of the post WWI awareness and guilt that the upper classes of England were experiencing toward the lower class. Through the actions and thoughts of Laura, the young protagonist, we can see that social conventions were not changed overnight but w ...more

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