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The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories

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By Katherine Mansfield
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When Laura Sheridan's wealthy family hosts a lavish summer party, she experiences a newfound kinship with the staff and helpers preparing for the event. The story deepens as Laura learns about the death of a working-class neighbour, sparking her awareness of social divisions and her own mortality. Published in 1922, The Garden Party stands as a pivotal work in literary modernism, accompanied here by a selection of Katherine Mansfield's other renowned short stories.
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Ideal for readers interested in early twentieth-century literature, modernist fiction, and rich explorations of class and human nature through short stories.

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Published 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 all of Mansfield’s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century’s finest writers.

Published 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 all of Mansfield’s other published short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century’s finest writers.

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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 realisation 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.

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Critics have hailed Mansfield's work as genius, with Robert Littell praising her rare talent and Virginia Woolf expressing envy of her writing prowess. These esteemed voices affirm the enduring power of Mansfield's stories and her place among the literary greats.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847497291

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 June 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Alma Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 286g

Pages: 480

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Katherine Mansfield Literary Fiction New Zealand Poets

About the Author

Born and raised in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) became a major figure of the Modernist movement before tragically dying at the age of thirty-four.

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