Katherine Mansfield: 86 books

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

Le jour de la garden-party des Sheridan est arrivé. Laura, excitée et nerveuse, papillonne entre le fleuriste, le traiteur et les musiciens. Mais la mort bouleverse toute cette organisation. ..

Katherine Mansfield (14 octobre 1888 - 9 janvier 1923), nom de plume de Kathleen Beauchamp, est une écrivaine et une poétesse britannique d'origine néo-zélandaise. Puisant son inspiration tout autant de ses expériences familiales que de ses nombreux voyages, elle contribua au renouvellement...

Ten of the best Mansfield stories specially selected by the acclaimed author and critic Alison MacLeod who also provides a critical essay. This edition is part of the new Comma Classics series, launched to celebrate past masters of the short story with structural appreciations by contemporary practitioners. MacLeod’s...

Klassikerinnen neu entdeckt von Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart Die Frauen in Katherine Mansfields Erzählungen sehnen sich nach Wahrhaftigkeit und Intensität, nach ihrem ganz eigenen Leben. Nicht immer können sie das erreichen, aber ihr Wille und ihre Kompromisslosigkeit machen Mut. "Katherine...

"Miss Brill," the bittersweet story of a fragile woman living an ephemeral life of observation and simple pleasures in Paris, established Mansfield as one of the preeminent writers of the Modernist period. The title story, which involved a similar character facing her husband's infidelity, also found critical acclaim. -Wikipedia

The narration delves on the living and values of a large family in New Zealand. With trivial details of characters such as personality gestures and attitudes Mansfield has managed to delve into the psychology of characters and produce individuals that instantly capture attention. A must-read.

Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-covered hills at the back were smothered. You could not see where they ended and the paddocks and bungalows began. The sandy road was gone and the paddocks and bungalows the other...

Bread soup was placed upon the table. “Ah, ” said the Herr Rat, leaning upon the table as he peered into the tureen, “that is what I need. My 'magen' has not been in order for several days. Bread soup, and just the right consistency. I am a good cook myself”— he turned to me.

It was all that Constantia and Josephine—the daughters of the late Colonel Pinner—could do to bury their father. Neither of them believed he wouldn’t be back to thump his stick on the floor and criticize them for their impertinence. Contemplating the sisters’ future a week after the...

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....

Mr. Neave has heard countless times that he, his wife, his daughters, and his son are the ideal family. However, now an old man, Neave reflects on those he shares his life with—their desires, their understanding of him, and their role as a family—and he finds the reality is quite different from...

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,...