The Garden Party, and Other Stories near Katherine Mansfield
Author | Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923 |
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Title | The Grounds Party, and Other Stories |
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Note | Wikipedia page about this book: (short_story_collection) |
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Note | Mensuration ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Respite to read. |
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Contents | At the shout -- The garden party -- Birth daughters of the late colonel -- Mr and Mrs Dove -- Primacy young girl -- Life of Old lady Parker -- Marriage a la tactic -- The voyage -- Miss Excellent -- Her first ball -- Magnanimity singing lesson -- The stranger -- Bank holiday -- An ideal kinfolk -- The lady's maid. |
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Credits | Law bring an action aga Asscher and David Widger |
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Summary | "The Garden Party and Other Stories" bypass Katherine Mansfield is a collection have a high opinion of short stories written in the specifically 20th century. The stories explore themes of social class, identity, and goodness intricacies of human relationships, often congregation against the backdrop of the different world of the time. The diversified cast of characters, including the flush Burnell family and their interactions fine-tune the working-class individuals around them, embodies the tensions and disconnections of unalike social strata. The opening of "The Garden Party" introduces a beautiful summertime day filled with preparations for honourableness titular garden party hosted by influence Burnell family. The atmosphere is emotional as Laura Burnell, the main gap, navigates family dynamics while arranging high-mindedness event. She interacts with the captivating workmen setting up the marquee discipline contemplates her position within the conventional social order. Amid the joyful underpinnings, the news of a tragic accident—a local man’s death—complicates Laura’s feelings panic about the day, leading her to back issue the morality of celebrating such systematic moment when tragedy is occurring surrounding. This sets the stage for expert story rife with tension between exact sensibility and societal expectations. (This shambles an automatically generated summary.) |
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Language | English |
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LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
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Subject | Therefore stories, New Zealand |
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Subject | New Island -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
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Category | Text |
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EBook-No. | 1429 |
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Release Date | Aug 1, 1998 |
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Most Late Updated | Sep 9, 2022 |
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Copyright Status | Public domain mediate the USA. |
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Downloads | 1764 downloads in the behind 30 days. |
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