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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. And once they are reunited, the Hammonds discover the voyage may have changed them both irrevocably.
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It is Sunday and Miss Brill is sitting on her special bench in the public gardens. She likes to watch the crowd and listen to their conversations, especially now that the Season has started and the band in its rotunda is making a greater effort. Week after week she sees the same faces. There is something funny about almost all of them, she thinks…
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Fenella Crane struggles to keep up with her father and grandmother as they stride toward the Picton boat. Her neatly-rolled luggage is strapped to her back and she clutches her grandmother's umbrella closely to her. Her father looks tired and sad, she thinks, and as the second whistle blows, he removes his hat and takes his mother in his arms. Fenella wants to know how long she is going to stay with her grandparents on the South Island, and when her...
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The streets are bustling with people-musicians, children, psychics, and salesmen-because a bank holiday means that everyone is out of the house, enjoying the day. In "Bank Holiday" author Katherine Mansfield examines the sights, sounds, and feelings of people out on a holiday in the summertime.
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Considered one of the greatest short story writers of her generation, Katherine Mansfield was a prolific and modern writer from New Zealand. Born Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, Mansfield's family was socially prominent and well-off. She moved to England for the first time at age 15 to attend Queen's College with her sisters. Mansfield developed a life-long love for England and would live there off and on until her...
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Laura Sheridan find her perspective of life altered when, following her family's garden party, she visits the Sheridan's neighbours to give her condolences on the passing of Mr. Scott. Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party" captures the fleeting nature of youth and the unforeseen turns that life can take. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating...
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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 the perception.
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In this short story by Katherine Mansfield, an unidentified narrator is left in charge of Mrs. Raddick's children while their mother keeps her friend, Mrs. MacEwen, company at the casino. At twelve, Hennie is delighted with everything the world has to offer-an English bulldog, a cup of chocolate, a pineapple cream-while his sister is bored. Touching and funny, "The Young Girl" depicts youth's bewilderment with the world of grown-ups and impatience...
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Leila was born and raised in the country, and so when she visits her cousins in town and is invited to a ball for the first time, she is overwhelmed by the exciting and daunting new experience. Taking in every detail of the night, Leila delights in the luxury and beauty of her first ball.
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A young Englishwoman embarks on a journey to the French front lines during the First World War in an effort to meet her lover, the "Little Corporal."
Written in a modernist style that combines and explores several narratives and perspectives, "An Indiscreet Journey" is an engaging portrayal of life and relationships during wartime. It is one of the only stories written by Katherine Mansfield that was set during the war, and was purportedly based on...
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William's heart aches. The pleasure he finds in his work is only a temporary distraction from the pain of being separated from his family, especially his wife. Every Saturday he takes the train down to the new house, full of new servants and Isabel's Bohemian friends. It's true that they needed a larger house. And he doesn't really begrudge her the servants. But the extraordinary thing is that he'd never guessed she was so unhappy.
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Mrs. Parker has had a hard life, even the neighbours say so. As a girl in Stratford-on-Avon, she had never heard of Shakespeare. In her first position in London, she wasn't allowed out of the cellar except to pray with the family. After two years of being run off her feet in a doctor's house, she married a baker who died of consumption while their six surviving children were still young.
"Life of Ma Parker" by Katherine Mansfield is the story of a...
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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, and Mr. Dove always follows, bowing. She could never live like that, she says, when Reggie asks her to marry him. Or could she?
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Considered one of the greatest short story writers of her generation, Katherine Mansfield was a modernist writer from New Zealand. This collection includes thirty-five of her most popular stories. In this volume you will find the following stories: "The Tiredness of Rosabel", "At Lehmann's", "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding", "The Swing of the Pendulum", "The Woman at the Store", "How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped", "Ole Underwood", "Millie", "Bains...
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An artist who excelled at the expression of subtle details and concentrated emotion, Katherine Mansfield ranks among the twentieth century's greatest short story writers. Her elegant, ironic tales reflect her own bohemian lifestyle, which involved tempestuous relationships with Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf. This collection of a dozen of Mansfield's finest works features compelling tales of fraught relationships and shattering revelations, all...
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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 funeral, Con remembers times in her life when she wasn't either taking care of the tyrannical colonel, or avoiding him. Does she have strength enough to pursue the thing...
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