''The Doves' Nest and Other Stories'' is a 1923 collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

by the writer

Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer, essayist and journalist, widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Her works are celebra ...

, published by her husband

John Middleton Murry John Middleton Murry (6 August 1889 – 12 March 1957) was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. ...

after her death. Murry wrote in his introductory note that this volume contains all the complete stories, and several fragments of stories, which she wrote at the same time as, or after, those published in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories''

Stories

#" The Doll's House" (1922) (set in New Zealand) # "Honeymoon" (1923) #" A Cup of Tea" (1922) #"Taking the Veil" (1923) #" The Fly" (1922) #" The Canary" (1923) #" A Married Man's Story" (1923) # "The Doves' Nest" # "Six Years After" (set in New Zealand) # "Daphne" # "Father and the Girls" # "All Serene" # "A Bad Idea" # "A Man and his Dog" # "Such a Sweet Old Lady" # "Honesty" # "Susannah" # "Second Violin" (set in London) # "Mr. and Mrs. Williams" # "Weak Heart" (set in New Zealand) # "Widowed" (set in London)

External links

''The Doves' Nest and Other Stories'' at the New Zealand Text Centre
* 1923 short story collections Short stories by Katherine Mansfield New Zealand short story collections Constable & Co. books Books published posthumously {{1920s-story-collection-stub