The garden party and other stories
By: Katherine Mansfield
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Ulverscroft
Publisher: Thorpe; Ulverscroft Softcover
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781444823639
Subjects: Death; Fiction; Social classes; Parties
Description: On a gorgeously sunny summer's morning, the Sheridan household prepares for an afternoon garden party: a marquee is pitched, exquisite sandwiches are created, and an abundance of canna lilies waits to be arranged. Young Laura flits pleasurably from task to task, all the while revelling in the sensory delights of nature and life. But her idyll is suddenly shattered by the baker's man, delivering both pastries and news - news that a man has just been killed in the nearby lane ...
Notes: Adult.
Table of contents: title: At the Bay; title: The garden party; title: The daughters of the late Colonel; title: Mr and Mrs Dove; title: The young girl; title: Life of Ma Parker; title: Marriage à la mode; title: The voyage; title: Miss Brill; title: Her first ball; title: The singing lesson; title: The stranger; title: Bank holiday; title: An ideal family; title: The lady's maid.