Stories

Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different era and in a vastly different English. Her language is as transparent as clean glass, yet hovers on the edge of poetry. Her characters are passionate men and women swaddled in English reserve -- and sometimes briefly breaking through. And her genius is to pinpoint those unacknowledged and almost imperceptible moments in which those people's relationships -- with one another and themselves -- change forever. This collection [of 28 stories] includes such masterpieces as "Prelude," "At the Bay" "Bliss," "The Man Without a Temperament" and "The Garden Party" and has a new introduction by Jeffrey Meyers. Introduction / Jeffrey Meyers -- Tiredness of Rosabell (written 1908; published 1924) -- Baron (1910) -- Modern (1911) -- Woman at the store (1912) -- Ole underwood (1913) -- Little governess (1915) -- Prelude (1918) -- At the bay (1922) -- Psychology (1920) -- Bliss (1918) -- Je ne Parle Pas Francais (1920) -- Sun and moon (1920) -- This flower (1924) -- Man with a temperament (1920) -- Revelations (1920) -- Young girl (1920) -- Stranger (1921) -- Daughters of the late Colonel (1921) -- Life of Ma parker 91921) -- Singing lesson (1921) -- Voyage(1921) -- Garden-party (1922) -- Miss Brill(1920) -- Marriage a la mode (1921) -- Doll's house (1922) -- Doves' nest t(1923) -- Six years after (1923) -- Fly (1923).