Books by Katherine Mansfield (4)
1.
At the Bay by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
»At the Bay« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand, and died in 1923 as a result of her pulmonary tuberculosis at a hospital near Fontainebleau, France. Mansfield left her homeland at the age of 19 and moved to Europe. In London, she established herself as a writer and became friends with Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. Rumour has it that the latter infected her with the lung disease that became her demise, at the young age of 35.
2.
Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
This is a collection of work from Katherine Mansfield, a writer of short fiction. In the title story, we meet Bertha, a young married woman, who experiences a blissful sexual awakening, only to be cruelly disillusioned.
3.
Letters and Journals by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
'Here then is a little summary of what I need - power, wealth and freedom. It is the hopelessly insipid doctrine that love is the only thing in the world... which hampers us so cruelly. We must get rid of that bogey - and then, then comes the opportunity of happiness and freedom.' So wrote one of our most gifted, but tragically short-lived, writers whose relatively small output has, nevertheless, exercised a powerful influence on modern fiction - indeed, Virginia Woolf confessed that hers was the only writing she was jealous of. Although these letters and extracts from Katherine Mansfield's jo... continue
4.
The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Twenty-one stories depict the dangers and complexities of modern life and the conflict between men and women