Katherine Mansfield

"The Garden Party and Other Stories" is a 1922 collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield. Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888—1923) was a modernist writer from New Zealand who produced poetry and short stories under the pseudonym Katherine Mansfield. She left New Zealand when she was 19 and relocated to England, where she became friends with a number of notable literary figures including D. H. Lawrence, Ottoline Morrell, and Virginia Woolf....

When the day of Lord Saito Gonji's birthday arrives, Gonji celebrates with dread, knowing that in a week, he will be married. Sent away in his youth for samurai training, and then to higher education, Gonji is very connected to his studies. After his intelligence is proven, his professors even tell Gonji that he would do great things for Japan one day. However, since he is the youngest son in his family, Gonji is expected to marry-a social expectation...

The fifteen stories collected in this volume demonstrate the genius of a woman who, in her own short lifetime, was compared to Chekhov. The tales are sensitive revelations of human behavior in ordinary situations. With careful, quiet observation, Mansfield illuminates complicated relationships and profound, often troubling ideas. Her stories often feature young women in the process of maturity, confronting for the first time some of the realities...

William's heart aches. The pleasure he finds in his work is only a temporary distraction from the pain of being separated from his family, especially his wife. Every Saturday he takes the train down to the new house, full of new servants and Isabel's Bohemian friends. It's true that they needed a larger house. And he doesn't really begrudge her the servants. But the extraordinary thing is that he'd never guessed she was so unhappy.

A autora neozelandesa Katherine Mansfield foi a escolhida para começar uma série de traduções de grandes nomes da literatura mundial. Publicado originalmente em 1922, A festa no jardim e outras histórias traz contos sobre amor, solidão, sobre mulheres encarando os desafios da vida com amores, esperanças e até luto. Nas quinze histórias presentes nessa obra, pode-se ver o porquê de Katherine Mansfield ser tão admirada por nomes como Virginia...

Laura Sheridan find her perspective of life altered when, following her family's garden party, she visits the Sheridan's neighbours to give her condolences on the passing of Mr. Scott. Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party" captures the fleeting nature of youth and the unforeseen turns that life can take. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating...

Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (1888 - 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. When she was 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a friend of modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. She was the subject of the 1973 BBC miniseries A Picture of Katherine Mansfield...

Before Reggie returns to his fruit farm in Rhodesia, he must propose to the woman he loves. At Colonel Proctor's, Anne greets him at the door and, during a lull in their conversation, suggests Reggie say goodbye to her doves, as well. Mrs. Dove, tittering, always walks in front, Anne points out, and Mr. Dove always follows, bowing. She could never live like that, she says, when Reggie asks her to marry him. Or could she?

Aqui estão reunidos dez dos melhores contos de Katherine Mansfield, entre os quais "Festa ao ar livre", "A aula de canto", "Prelúdio" e "A casa de bonecas". Pouco conhecida entre nós, ela foi aclamada por Virginia Woolf, Thomas Hardy e D.H. Lawrence e outros. Várias de suas histórias curtas são até hoje consideradas verdadeiras pérolas de perfeição, com uma escrita que explora os meandros da psicologia e da intimidade de seus personagens...

Mr. Hammond is doing his best to be patient as he waits for the ship carrying his wife to dock-it has been ten months since his beloved Janey left for Europe, and he is eager to see her once again. But in his eagerness, Mr. Hammond is left to wonder what could have caused the ship to be delayed. And once they are reunited, the Hammonds discover the voyage may have changed them both irrevocably.