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The Garden Party and Other Stories is a 1922 collection of short stories by the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.

In a German Pension is a 1911 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield; her first published collection. All but three of the stories were originally published in The New Age edited...

The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a 1923 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield, published by her husband John Middleton Murry after her death. The volume contains all the complete...

The Garden Party and Other Stories is a 1922 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield that covers topics such as Life and Death, Marriage, distorted reality, regret, disappointment,...

Bliss and Other Stories is a 1920 collection of short stories by the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.

'Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air...

“È un aloe, Kezia” disse Linda. “Non fa mai fiori?” “Sì, bambina mia” disse la madre. Chinò la testa verso Kezia e, socchiudendo gli occhi, le sorrise: “Una volta ogni cento anni”.È dal desiderio di dar...

"There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother’s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held...

Instrumental in revisioning the potential of the short story form, Katherine Mansfield’s ‘Something Childish and Other Stories’ captures the vulnerability of raw emotion in its most charged state.Inviting...

Experience the masterful prose of Katherine Mansfield in "The Garden Party and Other Stories." Published in 1922, this collection of 15 short stories is a perfect distillation of Mansfield's keen observations,...

Instrumental in revisioning the potential of the short story form, Katherine Mansfield’s ‘Bliss and Other Stories’ captures the accuracy of raw emotion and social experience. Inviting readers to reflect...

Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour,...

"The other ladies consider her ‘very, very fast. Her lack of vanity, her slang, the way she treated men as though she was one of them, and the fact that she didn’t care twopence about her house and called...

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...

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...

Un agréable roman à l'atmosphère estivale, de belles descriptions qui sentent l'iode, les costumes de bain mouillés et les pâtés de sable. Des va-et-vient entre les bungalows et la plage, des jeux d'enfants,...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Katherine Mansfield. La plupart des treize nouvelles de ce recueil en partie autobiographique et féministe avant l'heure, ont été inspirées par un séjour...

´Au matin, très tôt. Le soleil nétait pas encore levé et la baie toute entière était cachée par un brouillard blanc venu de la mer. Les grandes collines recouvertes de brousse, au fond, étaient submergées.`...

"En somme, un temps idéal. Quand ils l'auraient fait faire sur commande, ils n'auraient pas pu avoir une journée plus parfaite pour leur garden-party. Pas de vent, l'air doux, le ciel sans nuage. Le bleu...

"Il n'y avait pas un pouce de place pour Lottie et Kézia dans la voiture. Quand Pat les posa au sommet du tas de bagages, elles oscillèrent." La famille Burnell déménage, mais il n'y plus de place pour...

Mariage à la mode est une nouvelle de Katherine Mansfield publiée pour la première fois en 1921 dans The Sphere. Il raconte lhistoire de William et de sa femme Isabel. Normalement, William achète des...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Katherine Mansfield. Certaines des quinze nouvelles de ce recueil, qui comptent parmi les plus typiques de Katherine Mansfield, montrent parfaitement comment...

Parmi les plus belles lettres de la littérature mondiale, écrites par celle que Virginie Woolf nommait « le seul auteur que j’envie ».Au fil des années, de 1913 à 1921, et de ses correspondants, Katherine...

Contes du quotidien, les quatorze histoires réunies dans cet écrin conjuguent reviviscences d’enfance en Nouvelle-Zélande, échappées oniriques, portraits saisissants, émotions brutes et découverte de...

Reine de la nouvelle, le seul genre littéraire qu'elle aimait, Katherine Mansfield était une admiratrice passionnée de Tchekhov et de Maupassant. Tous les textes qui composent ce recueil sont marqués...

Découvrez Dix-neuf très courtes nouvelles anglaises et américaines en version bilingue La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose : • une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes • une...

Quinze nouvelles très courtes pour découvrir la littérature anglaise et américaine en version originale. La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose : • une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses...

This ebook contains Katherine Mansfield's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of...

A garden bathed in sunlight, tables laid with fine china, the hum of polite laughter—everything is in place for the perfect afternoon. The Sheridans' party is effortless, untouched by worry, floating...

In a world that has moved on, two men sit in the shadows of the past. One, frail and forgetful, speaks of things best left unsaid. The other, powerful yet unknowingly adrift, listens—and feels something...

She came to uncover the past. I'm making damn sure she stays in my future. WesWhen archaeologist Clara Caldwell arrives in Bearclaw Ridge, she's focused on one thing—her excavation. But the moment I lay...

Glamour Dust Season 1 is the collected volume of short stories shared on H. A. Titus's Tea and Tales site in 2024. It contains:-A-10 (steampunk flash fiction): an automaton muses on hope as it works to...

The second in a series of mini-collections, FIVE FANTASIES brings together five of horror author C. Dennis Moore's shorts from the deadly realm of the fantastic.Taken from his longer collection TERRIBLE...

Here you will find all the Christmas stories written by Lucy Maud Montgomery. - The Red Room - A Christmas Mistake - A Christmas Inspiration - The Josephs' Christmas - Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket...

This book contains 50 of the most beautiful Christmas stories ever written. It is a treasury of fiction by great writers of the past two centuries: Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa...

**2022 Splatterpunk Award Nominated**The guiltiest of guilty pleasures...This is HORRORSMUT!"You'll be ashamed of yourself for loving this book that is stuffed to the gills with viscid hardcore horror,...

Welcome to Learning Ndebele Proverbs Through Storytelling, a collection of 25 timeless and powerful proverbs from the rich cultural heritage of the Ndebele people. Each proverb holds a deep lesson that...

They're only nightmares…An ailing cop with a supernatural edge takes on a vicious bank gang in broad daylight.A controversial shock comic meets a tabloid journalist at the intersection of depravity and...

In this haunting moral tale, we explore the consequences of unchecked greed and the redemptive power of charity. When a man strikes a bargain with the Devil, receiving unlimited wealth in exchange for...

Headstrong alpha males, alien mates, and the bonds of pack, friendship, and love that tie them all together—return to the world of Odessa Lynne's Wolves' Heat series with this fun new collection of short...

Casting off the trappings of Boston society, Georgina Crownshield flees a feckless husband and domineering mother-in-law. In the small town of Cheyenne Springs, Wyoming, she hopes to start a new life...

When a time capsule is inadvertently unsealed, its contents reveal a unique look at Dogwood's past. The relics not only uncover the past, but will affect the present and the future of Dogwood.

In this prequel to the Dogwood series, you'll learn how the legend of the matchmaking dog came to be, and meet many of the quirky characters who made life in Dogwood, Colorado interesting over the years.

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in...

Love is celebrated in all seasons and every holiday. Christmas trees have become "Holiday Trees," hence our cover. These stories each revolve around a specific holiday, and love is always in the air…Winter...

Grimm's classic Cinderella reimagined as a poetic, poignant short story of contemporary life in the 21st century! A picture book for grown souls Beautiful illustrations with lyrical prose A special,...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present...

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poe's complete tales and poems, such as "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Raven" and "The...

This book contains the complete Edgar Allan Poe’s tales and poems —over 135 works— in the chronological order of their original publication. Some of the most notable are: Tales: • "The Fall of the House...

Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes,...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present...

"The Accidental TIme Traveller" follows Elliot Mercer, a middle-aged history professor who receives the mysterious ability to time travel after an encounter with an otherworldly being. Initially using...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

In a cutting-edge radio astronomy facility in the French Alps, Dr. Liu Wei's team discovers that seemingly random cosmic radio bursts contain complex patterns when viewed across different time scales....

After studying the Star card, Madeline makes a wish for Alice and Eliot.