Katherine Mansfield: 86 books

Here in one volume are twenty-three of the finest stories by Katherine Mansfield. Considered one of the finest short-story writers of the twentieth century, Mansfield was from a young age heavily influenced by Anton Chekhov, a master of the form. This new selection, with an introduction by...

n a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. The stories were written after her stay in Bad Wörishofen, a German spa town in 1909, where she was taken by her mother after her disastrous marriage, pregnancy and miscarriage....

**Ten stories from the 'brilliant' Katherine Mansfield set in New Zealand.**As Vincent O'Sullivan states, those encountering Mansfield's stories for the first time have invariably found they 'were alive, they were witty, they were moving, they covered new ground'. But with about 70 stories to choose...

**Ten stories from the 'brilliant' Katherine Mansfield on the theme of sex and lies.**As Vincent O'Sullivan states, those encountering Mansfield's stories for the first time have invariably found they 'were alive, they were witty, they were moving, they covered new ground'. But with about 70 stories...

**Ten stories from the 'brilliant' Katherine Mansfield on the theme of marriage and family.**As Vincent O'Sullivan states, those encountering Mansfield's stories for the first time have invariably found they 'were alive, they were witty, they were moving, they covered new ground'. But with about 70...

**Ten stories from the 'brilliant' Katherine Mansfield on the theme of women alone.**As Vincent O'Sullivan states, those encountering Mansfield's stories for the first time have invariably found they 'were alive, they were witty, they were moving, they covered new ground'. But with about 70 stories...

**Ten stories from the 'brilliant' Katherine Mansfield set in Bavaria.**As Vincent O'Sullivan states, those encountering Mansfield's stories for the first time have invariably found they 'were alive, they were witty, they were moving, they covered new ground'. But with about 70 stories to choose from...

Introduction by Colm Tóibín In fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from marriage, family, and death...

“Is mother right? Am I being extravagant? Just for a moment she had another glimpse of that poor woman and those little children, and the body being carried into the house. But it all seemed blurred, unreal, like a picture in the newspaper…” In The Garden Party, an upper middle-class...

A brilliant modernist classic--now available for the first time in a stand-alone edition This dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer's day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed as "one of the great modernist writers. Virginia Woolf said of...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

«Man entgeht der Herrlichkeit des Lebens nicht.» Katherine Mansfield Gute Tage, schlechte Tage, Augenblicke himmlischer Glückseligkeit oder solche tiefer Bestürzung – aus allem macht die Sprachkünstlerin Katherine Mansfield reinste Poesie. Ihr Tagebuch gewährt Einblick in ein bei aller...

Katherine Mansfield is considered the most prominent writer from New Zealand where she was born. I During her life in England Kathrine Mansfield made friends with Virginia Woolf, D. H Lawrence and some other modernists, whose perception of the world had a major effect on her works. 'The Baron' is...

Katherine Mansfield is considered the most prominent writer from New Zealand where she was born. During her life in England Kathrine Mansfield made friends with Virginia Woolf, D. H Lawrence and some other modernists, whose perception of the world had a major effect on her works. 'The Sister Of The...