Name: The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories
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Author: Mansfield, Katherine
ISBN: 9781847497291

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Katherine Mansfield

Publisher

Alma Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781847497291

Synopsis "The Garden Party and Selected Short Stories"

When her wealthy family prepares to host a lavish summer party, the young, hitherto sheltered Laura Sheridan suddenly feels a kinship with the staff and the helpers hired to set up the venue for the festivities. As she learns of the death of one of their working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary modernism, 'The Garden Party' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes a wide selection of Katherine Mansfield's other short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century's finest writers.

Katherine Mansfield

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(Nueva Zelanda, 1888 - Francia 1923) Pseudónimo de Kathleen Beauchamp. Narradora neozelandesa que cultivó la novela corta y el cuento breve, convirtiéndose en una de las autoras más representativas del género. En sus obras destacan las pulsiones vitales de los humanos y su choque con las imposiciones sociales, y las descripciones del mundo aristocrático. Se la considera una importante figura del modernismo literario.

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