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The short stories of Katherine Mansfield.

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Eighty-eight modernist short stories from the New Zealand author, Kathleen Mansfield Murry, published under her pen name. She was recognized as innovative, accessible, and psychologically acute, one of the pioneers of the avant-garde in the creation of the short story. Her language was clear and pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.
Subjects:
New Zealand > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Europe > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Short stories, New Zealand.
Europe > Mœurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Nouvelles néo-zélandaises.
Short stories, New Zealand
Manners and customs
Europe
New Zealand
Short stories, English > 20th century.
novels.
short stories.
Novels
Short stories
Fiction
Short stories.
Fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Nouvelles.
Table of Contents:
  • The tiredness of Rosabel
  • How Pearl Button was kidnapped
  • The journey to Bruges
  • A truthful adventure
  • New dresses
  • Germans at meat
  • The baron
  • The sister of the baroness
  • Frau Fischer
  • Frau Brechenmacher attends a wedding
  • The modern soul
  • At Lehmann's
  • The luft bad
  • A birthday
  • The child-who-was-tired
  • The advanced lady
  • The swing of the pendulum
  • A blaze
  • The woman at the store
  • Ole Underwood
  • The little girl
  • Millie
  • Pension Séguin
  • Violet
  • Bains turcs
  • Something childish but very natural
  • An indiscreet journey
  • Spring pictures
  • The little governess
  • The wind blows
  • Prelude
  • At the bay
  • Late at night
  • Two tuppenny ones, please
  • The black cap
  • A suburban fairy tale
  • Psychology
  • Carnation
  • Feuille d'album
  • A dill pickle
  • Bliss
  • Je ne parle pas français
  • Sun and moon
  • Mr. Reginald Peacock's day
  • Pictures
  • See-saw
  • This flower
  • The wrong house
  • The man without a temperament
  • Revelations
  • The escape
  • Bank holiday
  • The young girl
  • The stranger
  • The lady's maid
  • The daughters of the late colonel
  • Life of Ma Parker
  • The singing lesson
  • Mr. and Mrs. Dove
  • An ideal family
  • Her first ball
  • Sixpence
  • The voyage
  • The garden-party
  • Miss Brill
  • Marriage à la mode
  • Poison
  • The doll's house
  • Honeymoon
  • A cup of tea
  • Taking the veil
  • The fly
  • The canary.
  • Unfinished stories. A married man's story
  • The doves' nest
  • Six years after
  • Daphne
  • Father and the girls
  • All serene
  • A bad idea
  • A man and his dog
  • Such a sweet old lady
  • Honesty
  • Susannah
  • Second violin
  • Mr. and Mrs. Williams
  • Weak heart
  • Widowed.