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    Short Stories: The Brilliant Wit of Katherine Mansfield
    Short Stories: The Brilliant Wit of Katherine Mansfield
    Short Stories: The Brilliant Wit of Katherine Mansfield
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    Short Stories: The Brilliant Wit of Katherine Mansfield

    Written by Katherine Mansfield

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Eight brilliant short stories from the best female short story writer of her age. Katherine Mansfield's wit, pathos and descriptive genius combine in this collection to take the listener from a wry smile one minute to the verge of tears the next. - Miss Brill - The Child-who-was-tired - Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding - Life of Ma Parker - The Sister of the Baroness - The Modern Soul - The Fly - The Swing of the Pendulum
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateApr 13, 2013
    ISBN9781467668880
    Short Stories: The Brilliant Wit of Katherine Mansfield
    Author

    Katherine Mansfield

    Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp was born in New Zealand in 1888. Her father sent her and her sisters to school in London, where she was editor of the school newspaper. Back in New Zealand, she started to write short stories but she grew tired of her life there. She returned to Europe in 1908 and went on to live in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. A restless soul who had many love affairs, her modernist writing was admired by her peers such as Leonard and Virginia Woolf, who published her story ‘Prelude’ on their Hogarth Press. In 1917 she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and she died in France aged only thirty-four.

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    • 5/5
      I 'love' this book. Great to pick up inbetween big reads. Also like the way it's presented overall.

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    • 5/5
      A wonderful collection of the short stories by Katherine Mansfield. The stories a beautifully written, each with its own unique feel and vibe. I loved the way I could dip in and read at my leisure, each time taking away a renewed love of short stories. My favourite of the collection is ‘The Doll’s House’ which captures the heart of being a little girl showing of her prized treasure.This book is a must for all Kiwi book shelves.

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    • 4/5
      i found this a lot of short stories to get through. i took a break about half-way which is one of the joys of short stories. but overall very good. this was a selection of 500 best books by women.

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    • 2/5
      This is the first book of stories from this author that I've read. I found the stories to be rather dark and discouraging. I also did not like the bad language in. I continued listening to it only because I needed a book of short stories to fulfill a book club requirement. I don't really recommend this one.