The best short stories of Katherine Mansfield /
Mansfield, Katherine,1888-1923.
Duffy, Enda.
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications,
2010.
An artist who excelled at the expression of subtle details and concentrated emotion, Katherine Mansfield ranks among the twentieth century's greatest short story writers. Her elegant, ironic tales reflect her own bohemian lifestyle, which involved tempestuous relationships with Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf. This collection of a dozen of Mansfield's finest works features compelling tales of fraught relationships and shattering revelations, all recounted in an intensely visual and impressionistic style.
A new selection, reprinted from the standard texts, and with an introduction written for this volume.
How Pearl Button was kidnapped -- Frau Brechenmacher attends a wedding -- The woman at the store -- Prelude -- Bliss -- Je ne parle pas français -- The daughters of the late colonel -- Life of Ma Parker -- The garden-party -- Miss Brill -- The fly -- The canary.
An artist who excelled at the expression of subtle details and concentrated emotion, Katherine Mansfield ranks among the twentieth century's greatest short story writers. Her elegant, ironic tales reflect her own bohemian lifestyle, which involved tempestuous relationships with Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf. This collection of a dozen of Mansfield's finest works features compelling tales of fraught relationships and shattering revelations, all recounted in an intensely visual and impressionistic style.