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The Garden Party (short Story Collection)
''The Garden Party and Other Stories'' is a 1922 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield. Stories # " At the Bay" # " The Garden Party" # "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" # "Mr and Mrs Dove" # "The Young Girl" # "Life of Ma Parker" # " Marriage à la Mode" # " The Voyage" # "Miss Brill" # "Her First Ball" # "The Singing Lesson" # " The Stranger" # "Bank Holiday" # "An Ideal Family" # "The Lady's Maid" Themes * Life * Death * Marriage * Distorted Reality * Regret/Disappointment * Duty * Gender External links ''The Garden Party and Other Stories'' by Katherine Mansfieldavailable freely at Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg (PG) is a Virtual volunteering, volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the ...''The Garden Party and Other Stories''at the British Library *''The Garden Party (EFL/ESL Grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voyage (short Story)
"The Voyage" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in ''The Sphere'' on 24 December 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''.Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories'', Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes Plot summary At the harbour Fenella and her grandmother say goodbye to Fenella's father and board the Picton boat; a number of everyday situations are described during the journey, which highlight a degree of tension between the rather religious grandmother and staff on the boat. At Picton they are met by Mr Penreddy with a carriage. They arrive at the grandparents’ house and meet Fenella's grandfather. It becomes apparent slowly as the story develops that Fenella's mother has recently died, and she is being taken to live in Picton for an unknown length of time. Characters *Fenella *Frank, Fenella's father *Mrs Mary Crane, Fenella's grandmother *The stewardess *Mr Penreddy *Mr Walter Crane, the grandfather Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories By Katherine Mansfield
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1922 Short Story Collections
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a Virtual volunteering, volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the public domain. All files can be accessed for free under an open format layout, available on almost any computer. , Project Gutenberg had reached 50,000 items in its collection of free eBooks. The releases are available in Text file, plain text as well as other formats, such as HTML, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket, MOBI, and Plucker wherever possible. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works are also available. There are multiple affiliated projects that provide additional content, including region- and language-specific works. Project Gutenberg is closely affiliated with Distributed Proofreaders, an Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stranger (Mansfield Short Story)
"The Stranger" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the '' London Mercury'' in January 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''.Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories'', Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes Plot summary In Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ..., Mr Hammond is waiting for his wife, back from Europe. After talking to some other people waiting at the harbour, she lands in but takes her time, leading him to wonder if she was sick during the voyage - she was not. In the hotel, Hammond says they will spend the next day sightseeing in Auckland, before going back to Napier, where they live. She then appears distant, and eventually reveals that she took a while to leave the ship becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her First Ball
"Her First Ball" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in ''The Sphere'' on 28 November 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''. Plot summary A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins. They are going to a ball. Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there, she is both excited and terrified. After dancing with several young boys her own age, she dances with a wrinkly balding man who has been coming to balls for a while. This spoils her mood until she dances with a good looking young gentleman where her worries disappear. Characters *Leila, a cousin of the Sheridan Girls in '' The Garden Party''. She is 18 years old. *Lucas *Tomas *Meg *Miss Eccles, Leila's dance teacher at boarding school. *Jose *The "Fat Man" *the first partner *the second partner *the third partner *the fourth partner *the cab driver (just her imagination before the ball) *teacher of History Literary significance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Brill
"Miss Brill" is a short story by Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923). It was first published in ''Athenaeum'' on 26 November 1920, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''. Plot summary Miss Brill is an English teacher living near the Public Gardens in a French town. The narrative follows her on a regular Sunday afternoon, which she spends walking about and sitting in the park. The story opens with Miss Brill delighting in her decision to wear her fur. She notices that there are more park-goers than there were last Sunday, and that the band is more enthusiastic because the Season has commenced. Miss Brill observes facets of the lives around her, "listening as though she didn't listen, ...sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her". She sees the world as a play: as though her surroundings are a set and she and her fellow park-goers actors. She imagines that the band's performance corresponds with and highlights the park's happen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage à La Mode (short Story)
"Marriage à la Mode" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in ''The Sphere'' on 31 December 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''. Title The title is a play on the phrase ''mariage à la mode'' in French, which means 'fashionable marriage'. Plot summary William would usually buy his children sweets because he knows his wife won't let him buy them 'big donkeys and engines', as that would be unseemly. This time he buys fruit instead. As it is, they have moved from a small house in London to a bigger one in the countryside. It appears Isabel has changed, thanks to the influence of an older, richer friend, and she now considers William dull and bourgeois. They have a spat about it one evening. Isabel then picks up William at the train station, and her affected, Bohemian friends are there. Bobby Kane joins them on the way, and Isabel pays for the sweets he bought. They all go bathing except for William and they come back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1922. Under modern copyright law of the United States, all works published before January 1, 1923, with a proper copyright notice entered the public domain in the United States no later than 75 years from the date of the copyright. Hence books published in 1922 or earlier entered the public domain in the United States in 1998. Events This is a significant year for high modernism in English literature. *January – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's modernist short story "In a Grove" (藪の中, ''Yabu no naka'') is published in the Japanese magazine ''Shinchō''. *January 24 – '' Façade – An Entertainment'', poems by Edith Sitwell recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton, are first performed, privately in London. * January 27 – Franz Kafka begins intensive work on his novel ''The Castle (Das Schloss)'' at the mountain resort of Spindlermühle, ceasing around early September in mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Of Ma Parker
"Life of Ma Parker" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in '' The Nation and Atheneum'' on 26 February 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''.Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories'', Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes Plot summary The gentleman opens his door to his charwoman, who tells him that her grandson has died. Through an analepsis, the grandson asks his grandmother for money, which she says she does not have. She then thinks back to her move to London; her husband's death; her grandson's death. After cleaning the gentleman's house, she wishes she had somewhere she could go and cry, but as it starts raining she realises she cannot even do that outside – and Ethel is at home, thus preventing her from doing it there too. Characters *the young literary gentleman *Ma Parker, his charwoman. She was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. *Mr Parker, a baker, Ma Parker's deceased husband. *Maudie, a daughter of Ma Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr And Mrs Dove
"Mr and Mrs Dove" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in ''The Sphere'' on 13 August 1921, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''.Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories'', Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes Plot summary Reginald is returning to Rhodesia the next day; it is his last day in England. Again he thinks of Anne; then he goes to Colonel Proctor's to say goodbye, and he is greeted by Anne, her parents being away. On seeing him she laughs, then he tells her he is leaving. They both look at her pet doves. She remarks how "Mr. Dove" is always running after "Mrs Dove". Reginald asks her if she likes him, and she says she cannot marry him. He's unhappy at the rejection, and tries to depart. She asks why he's upset, but he persists in leaving. As he's walking away, she calls him again, calling him "Mr. Dove", and he goes back to her. Characters * Reginald, the young man; he works on a fruit farm in Rhodesia. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
