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Something Childish
''Something Childish and Other Stories'' is a 1924 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in America as ''The Little Girl''. This anthology was published after her death by her husband John Middleton Murry. Murry wrote in his introductory note that this volume contains the stories written between '' Bliss: and Other Stories'' (1920) and '' The Garden Party: and Other Stories'' (1922). The additional stories are the earlier first four stories, plus "Sixpence" (which Mansfield thought sentimental) and "Poison". Stories #" The Tiredness of Rosabel" (1908) #" How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" (1912) #" The Journey to Bruges" (1911) #" A Truthful Adventure" (1911) #" New Dresses" (1912) #" The Woman at the Store" (1912) #" Ole Underwood" (1913) #"The Little Girl" (1912) #"Millie" (1913) #" Pension Séguin" (1913) #"Violet" (1913) #" Bains Turcs" (1913) #" Something Childish But Very Natural" (1914) #" An Indiscreet Journey" (1920) #" Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Childish
''Something Childish and Other Stories'' is a 1924 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in America as ''The Little Girl''. This anthology was published after her death by her husband John Middleton Murry. Murry wrote in his introductory note that this volume contains the stories written between '' Bliss: and Other Stories'' (1920) and '' The Garden Party: and Other Stories'' (1922). The additional stories are the earlier first four stories, plus "Sixpence" (which Mansfield thought sentimental) and "Poison". Stories #" The Tiredness of Rosabel" (1908) #" How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" (1912) #" The Journey to Bruges" (1911) #" A Truthful Adventure" (1911) #" New Dresses" (1912) #" The Woman at the Store" (1912) #" Ole Underwood" (1913) #"The Little Girl" (1912) #"Millie" (1913) #" Pension Séguin" (1913) #"Violet" (1913) #" Bains Turcs" (1913) #" Something Childish But Very Natural" (1914) #" An Indiscreet Journey" (1920) #" Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pension Séguin
A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments. A pension may be a " defined benefit plan", where a fixed sum is paid regularly to a person, or a " defined contribution plan", under which a fixed sum is invested that then becomes available at retirement age. Pensions should not be confused with severance pay; the former is usually paid in regular amounts for life after retirement, while the latter is typically paid as a fixed amount after involuntary termination of employment before retirement. The terms "retirement plan" and "superannuation" tend to refer to a pension granted upon retirement of the individual. Retirement plans may be set up by employers, insurance companies, the government, or other institutions such as employer associations or trade unions. Called ''retirement pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories By Katherine Mansfield
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1924 Short Story Collections
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The Wrong House
"The Wrong House" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in '' Scribner's Magazine'' in September 1901. The story was also included as the seventh story in the collection '' The Black Mask'', published by Grant Richards in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1901. Plot Raffles is now living with Bunny in Ham Common as Bunny's colonial brother, Ralph. Raffles and Bunny occasionally commit burglaries at night, using their bicycles. Raffles becomes a favorite of their unsuspecting landlady. For their next haul, Raffles and Bunny pick out a stockbroker's house. At night, they approach with their bicycles, unscrew the bars of the pantry window, and enter. Bunny brings an electric torch, outfitted by Raffles with shades to act as a dark lantern. Using a knife, Raffles cuts a hole through a panel in a door, in order to try to turn the key th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Flower
This may refer to: * ''This'', the singular proximal demonstrative Demonstratives (abbreviated ) are words, such as ''this'' and ''that'', used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others. They are typically deictic; their meaning depending on a particular frame ... pronoun Places * This, or ''Thinis'', an ancient city in Upper Egypt * This, Ardennes, a commune in France People with the surname * Hervé This, French culinary chemist Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums * ''This'' (Peter Hammill album) (1998) * ''This'' (The Motels album) (2008) Songs * "This" (Darius Rucker song) (2010) * "This", a 2015 song by Collective Soul from '' See What You Started by Continuing'' * "This", a 2011 song by Ed Sheeran from '' +'' * "This", a 1993 song by Hemingway Corner * "This", a 2021 song by Megan McKenna * "This", a 1995 song by Rod Stewart from '' A Spanner in the Works'' Periodicals * ''This'' (Canadian magazine), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnation (short Story)
''Dianthus caryophyllus'' (), commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, is a species of '' Dianthus''. It is likely native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.Med-Checklist''Dianthus caryophyllus''/ref>Flora Europaea''Dianthus caryophyllus''/ref>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . Taxonomy Carnations were mentioned in Greek literature 2,000 years ago. The term ''dianthus'' was coined by Greek botanist Theophrastus, and is derived from the Ancient Greek words for divine ("dios") and flower ("anthos"). The name "carnation" is believed to come from the Latin ''corona-ae'', a "wreath, garland, chaplet, crown",Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Marchant, J.R.V, & Charles, Joseph F., (Eds.), Revised Edition, 1928 as it was one of the flowers used in Greek and Roman ceremonial crowns, or poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Suburban Fairy Tale
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Tuppenny Ones, Please
2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultures. Evolution Arabic digit The digit used in the modern Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Indic Brahmic script, where "2" was written as two horizontal lines. The modern Chinese and Japanese languages (and Korean Hanja) still use this method. The Gupta script rotated the two lines 45 degrees, making them diagonal. The top line was sometimes also shortened and had its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line. In the Nagari script, the top line was written more like a curve connecting to the bottom line. In the Arabic Ghubar writing, the bottom line was completely vertical, and the digit looked like a dotless closing question mark. Restoring the bottom line to its original hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Pictures
Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a helically coiled tube * Spring (political terminology), often used to name periods of political liberalization * Springs (tide), in oceanography, the maximum tide, occurs twice a month during the full and new moon Places * Spring (Milz), a river in Thuringia, Germany * Spring, Alabel, a barangay unit in Alabel, Sarangani Province, Philippines * Șpring, a commune in Alba County, Romania * Șpring (river), a river in Alba County, Romania * Springs, Gauteng, South Africa * Springs, the location of Dubai British School, Dubai United States * Springs, New York, a part of East Hampton, New York * Springs, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Spring, Texas, a census-designated place * Spring District, neighborhood in Bellevue, Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Indiscreet Journey
"An Indiscreet Journey" is a 1915 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was republished in ''Something Childish and Other Stories'' (1924). Plot summary An English woman is traveling to the French front line during the First World War to see her French lover who is the 'Little Corporal'. She is pretending to be going to see her uncle and aunt (two paid actors). She encounters two old women on her train journeys, the first is kind, but the second (nicknamed seagull because of an incongruous fake seagull perched upon her hat) is cunning and perceptive, asking pointed questions, knowing her real purpose in France. The narrator and her lover spend much time in an inn where soldiers drink mirabelle and contemplate their lives and futures. There are few intimate moments shown between the narrator and the little corporal, but one can discern that he is her lover from small details such as his putting his hand over hers, and catching her passport when they are shut alone in a room. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
