The Garden Party and Other Stories

New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield was chosen to begin a series of translations of great names in world literature. Originally published in 1922, *The Garden Party and Other Stories* contains tales of love, loneliness, and women facing life's challenges with love, hope, and even grief. In the fifteen stories included in this work, one can see why Katherine Mansfield is so admired by names like Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence.

In this edition, a group of translators focuses on Mansfield's prose, attempting to show that, one hundred and two years after its first edition, the work remains relevant in its approach to social, romantic, and family relationships, as well as conflicts and feelings.

"In her blue dress, with her cheeks slightly flushed, her eyes very, very blue, and her golden curls pinned up as if for the first time—so as not to hinder her escape—Mrs. Raddick's daughter seemed to have fallen directly from a radiant Heaven. Mrs. Raddick's shy, slightly surprised, yet deeply admiring gaze made it seem as if she also believed it; but the daughter didn't seem at all pleased—why would she be?—to have landed on the steps of the Casino. In fact, she was bored—bored as if Heaven were full of casinos with snobbish old saints as croupiers and coins to gamble with."

Please note this copy is in near new condition.

ISBN: 9780143205968

Size: Mass Market Paperback, 159 pages

Publisher: Penguin

Year: 1982