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Wordsworth Editions Ltd (2006), Paperback, 688 pages
Description
The 73 three short stories and 15 unfinished fragments contained in this volume represent the whole range of Katherine Mansfield's writing. Contemporary critics compared her to Chekhov in her treatment of apparently trifling incidents and her symbolic use of objects to convey powerful atmosphere.
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LibraryThing member mounen
clever, poetic, amazing variety of characters that she's able to take on, from children to elderly ladies, prostitutes, maids, upper class, and she writes them all convincingly.
I love that she always leaves the reader thinking about the fate of the characters at the end of the story. I also find
I love that she always leaves the reader thinking about the fate of the characters at the end of the story. I also find
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myself meditating on the personalities of the characters after reading one of her stories, as if they were real people. That's what makes me feel she was a great writer. Show Less
LibraryThing member amerynth
I thought Katherine Mansfield's collected short stories were okay. I might have liked them better if I hadn't read her collected works -- some of the stories were good, others were just so-so. I didn't find them particularly noteworthy or memorable thought.
LibraryThing member Nathaniel_J_D
Haven't read all of the short stories yet but enjoyed many of them so far. Keep coming back to it to read more every so often. Hope to finish it someday. Haven't read it for a while but liked some that were stories of moments in the lives of ordinary people.
LibraryThing member burritapal
"The child-who-was-tired," this was my favorite story in this collection. I like this author for her observation skills; she lets you see the humans in her world. Hypocrites, hypochondriacs, selfish, self-righteous, arrogant, flesh-eating, . . . All the assholes all around us every day are brought
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to life in these stories. A delight. Show Less
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Original publication date
1945
Physical description
688 p.; 5.08 inches
ISBN
1840222654 / 9781840222654
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READIN, wien