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More short stories. Mansfield is what I would call a "good" writer but her writing embodies everything that I dislike about short stories. Great, interesting premises that stop just short of coming to fruition, characters that could be so much more interesting if they would just be fleshed out more and "life lessons" that aren't really life lessons at all.
Again, I want to say that Mansfield is a "good" writer. She can put a sentence together with beauty and feeling up there with the best of the ...more
Again, I want to say that Mansfield is a "good" writer. She can put a sentence together with beauty and feeling up there with the best of the ...more
Well, I listened to a few of the stories in the collection, mainly the title story, The Garden Party. I really enjoyed that one and do plan to listen to the rest of the stories at some point as well.
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