Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, [c1922, 1931 printing]
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A frivolous, wealthy family's garden party continues uninterrupted by the death of a working-class neighbor.
The Garden Party
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, [c1922, 1931 printing]
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A frivolous, wealthy family's garden party continues uninterrupted by the death of a working-class neighbor.
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, [c1922, 1931 printing]
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A frivolous, wealthy family's garden party continues uninterrupted by the death of a working-class neighbor.
The Garden Party and Collected Short Stories
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847497291
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
When her wealthy family prepares to host a lavish summer party, the young, hitherto sheltered Laura Sheridan suddenly feels a kinship with the staff and the helpers hired to set up the venue for the festivities. As she learns of the death of one of their working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary modernism, 'The Garden Party' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes a wide selection of Katherine Mansfield's other short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century's finest writers.
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847497291
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
When her wealthy family prepares to host a lavish summer party, the young, hitherto sheltered Laura Sheridan suddenly feels a kinship with the staff and the helpers hired to set up the venue for the festivities. As she learns of the death of one of their working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary modernism, 'The Garden Party' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes a wide selection of Katherine Mansfield's other short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century's finest writers.
Bliss
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734721121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Bliss and Other Stories is a 1920 collection of short stories by the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734721121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Bliss and Other Stories is a 1920 collection of short stories by the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.
Prelude & Other Stories
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529045614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century’s most accomplished short-story writers and this selection of stories showcases her dazzling skill. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Prelude & Other Stories is edited and introduced by Professor Meg Jensen. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield showcases her remarkable ability to delve into the human mind; in stories such as ‘The Garden Party’ she reveals the tension between innocence and corruption, the dark side of love and romance are explored in ‘Bliss’ and ‘Love à la Mode’, and in the title story, ‘Prelude’, inspired by her own childhood, her concern is for the isolated and the lonely. Collected together for the first time, this selection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield showcase her remarkable ability to delve deep into human psychology.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529045614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century’s most accomplished short-story writers and this selection of stories showcases her dazzling skill. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Prelude & Other Stories is edited and introduced by Professor Meg Jensen. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield showcases her remarkable ability to delve into the human mind; in stories such as ‘The Garden Party’ she reveals the tension between innocence and corruption, the dark side of love and romance are explored in ‘Bliss’ and ‘Love à la Mode’, and in the title story, ‘Prelude’, inspired by her own childhood, her concern is for the isolated and the lonely. Collected together for the first time, this selection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield showcase her remarkable ability to delve deep into human psychology.
Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5: The Garden Party and Other Stories
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780194792240
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Word count 22,665
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780194792240
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Word count 22,665
At the Edge of the Wood
Author: Masatsugu Ono
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911343066
Category : Short stories, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Short stories translated from the Japanese
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911343066
Category : Short stories, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Short stories translated from the Japanese
Never Kiss a Duke
Author: Megan Frampton
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062867431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels of 2020! One of Orpah Mag's Best Romance Novels of 2020! A disinherited duke and a former lady are courting much more than business in the first novel in Megan Frampton’s newest titillating series, Hazards of Dukes. Everything he had ever known was a lie… Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he discovers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his charm. An accident of birth has turned him into plain Mr. de Silva. Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as to what to do with his life—until he stumbles into a gambling den owned by Miss Ivy, a most fascinating young lady, who hires him on the spot. Working with a boss has never seemed so enticing. Everything tells her he’s a risk she has to take… Two years ago, Ivy gambled everything that was precious to her—and won. Now the owner of London’s most intriguing gambling house, Ivy is competent, assured, and measured. Until she meets Mr. de Silva, who stirs feelings she didn’t realize she had. Can she keep her composure around her newest employee? They vow to keep their partnership strictly business, but just one kiss makes them realize that with each passing day—and night—there’s nothing as tempting as what is forbidden…
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062867431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
One of Cosmopolitan's Best Romance Novels of 2020! One of Orpah Mag's Best Romance Novels of 2020! A disinherited duke and a former lady are courting much more than business in the first novel in Megan Frampton’s newest titillating series, Hazards of Dukes. Everything he had ever known was a lie… Sebastian, Duke of Hasford, has a title, wealth, privilege, and plenty of rakish charm. Until he discovers the only thing that truly belongs to him is his charm. An accident of birth has turned him into plain Mr. de Silva. Now, Sebastian is flummoxed as to what to do with his life—until he stumbles into a gambling den owned by Miss Ivy, a most fascinating young lady, who hires him on the spot. Working with a boss has never seemed so enticing. Everything tells her he’s a risk she has to take… Two years ago, Ivy gambled everything that was precious to her—and won. Now the owner of London’s most intriguing gambling house, Ivy is competent, assured, and measured. Until she meets Mr. de Silva, who stirs feelings she didn’t realize she had. Can she keep her composure around her newest employee? They vow to keep their partnership strictly business, but just one kiss makes them realize that with each passing day—and night—there’s nothing as tempting as what is forbidden…
At the Bay
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
'At the Bay' is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. In the following chapters, we discover that when Stanley Burnell goes for a swim early in the morning, Jonathan Trout is there; the two men wanted to be the first in the water, and Jonathan expresses sympathy for Stanley. And out in the countryside, Kezia helps Lottie with the stile to Isabel's disapproval. The Samuel Josephs children are said to be rowdy and they don't play with them any more. Then they come upon Rags and Pip, and the latter shows them an "emerald" he has found in the sand.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
'At the Bay' is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. In the following chapters, we discover that when Stanley Burnell goes for a swim early in the morning, Jonathan Trout is there; the two men wanted to be the first in the water, and Jonathan expresses sympathy for Stanley. And out in the countryside, Kezia helps Lottie with the stile to Isabel's disapproval. The Samuel Josephs children are said to be rowdy and they don't play with them any more. Then they come upon Rags and Pip, and the latter shows them an "emerald" he has found in the sand.
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140181470
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 779
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140181470
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 779
Book Description
The Garden-party
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Hutchinson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Hutchinson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description