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Katherine Mansfield

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Born
Wellington, New Zealand, 1888

Died
Fontainebleau, France, 1923

Nationality
British (New Zealander)

Publications
Stories, story collections

Writing languages
English

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Literature

The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922)

Stories

• "Prelude" (1918)

• "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" (1921)

• "The Fly" (1922)

• "The Doll's House" (1922)

• "The Garden Party" (1922)

Story Collections

The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922)

First appearance of works in book form

1911

In a German Pension Thirteen stories

First book appearance: "Germans at Meat", "The Baron", "The Sister of the Baroness", "Frau Fischer", "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding", "The Modern Soul", "At 'Lehmann's'", "The Luft Bad", "A Birthday", "The Child-Who-Was-Tired", "The Advanced Lady", "The Swing of the Pendulum", "A Blaze

1920

Bliss and Other Stories Fourteen stories

First book appearance: "Prelude", "Je ne parle pas français", "Bliss", "The Wind Blows", "Psychology", "Pictures", "The Man Without a Temperament", "Mr Reginald Peacock's Day", "Sun and Moon", "Feuille d'Album", "A Dill Pickle", "The Little Governess", "Revelations", "The Escape"

1922

The Garden Party and Other Stories Fifteen stories

First book appearance: "At the Bay", "The Garden Party", "The Daughters of the Late Colonel", "Mr and Mrs Dove", "The Young Girl", "Life of Ma Parker", "Marriage à la Mode", "The Voyage", "Miss Brill", "Her First Ball", "The Singing Lesson", "The Stranger", "Bank Holiday", "An Ideal Family", "The Lady's Maid"

1923

The Doves' Nest and Other Stories Twenty-one stories

First book appearance: "The Doll's House", "Honeymoon", "A Cup of Tea", "Taking the Veil", "The Fly", "The Canary", "A Married Man's Story", "The Doves' Nest", "Six Years After", "Daphne", "Father and the Girls", "All Serene", "A Bad Idea", "A Man and his Dog", "Such a Sweet Old Lady", "Honesty", "Susannah", "Second Violin", "Mr. and Mrs. Williams", "Weak Heart", "Widowed"

Poems Poems

1924

Something Childish and Other Stories Twenty-five stories, , also known as The Little Girl

1927, 1954

The Journal of Katherine Mansfield Journal

1928–1929

The Letters of Katherine Mansfield Letters, in two volumes

1930

The Aloe Novel, longer version of story "Prelude"

 

Critique • Works