Name: The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories
SKU: 50629436
Price: 29.52 NZD
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Author: Mansfield, Katherine
ISBN: 9781847497291

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The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories

Type

Physical Book

Author

Katherine Mansfield

Publisher

Alma Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6x12.7x2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781847497291

Synopsis "The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories"

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.

Katherine Mansfield

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(New Zealand, 1888 - France 1923) Pseudonym of Kathleen Beauchamp. A New Zealand storyteller who excelled in short novels and brief tales, becoming one of the most emblematic authors of the genre. Her works highlight the vital impulses of humans and their clash with social impositions, and the descriptions of the aristocratic world. She is considered an important figure in literary modernism.

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