Bliss, and Other Stories - Softcover

Mansfield, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511614145 ISBN 13: 9781511614146

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Mansfield's Bliss, and Other Stories, published in 1920, secured the author's literary reputation. Readers and critics at the time lauded the short fiction collection, with controversial subject matters like infidelities, discussions of sexuality, cruel and superficial characters. "Bliss" is one of Mansfield's most frequently anthologized stories and still resonates with modern readers.

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About the Author:

Katherine Mansfield was a popular New Zealand short-story writer best known for the stories "The Woman at the Shore," "How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped," "The Doll s House," and her twelve-part short story "Prelude," which was inspired by her happy childhood. Although Mansfield initially had her sights set on becoming a professional cellist, her role as editor of the Queen s College newspaper prompted a change to writing. Mansfield s style of writing revolutionized the form of the short story at the time, in that it depicted ordinary life and left the endings open to interpretation, while also raising uncomfortable questions about society and identity. Mansfield died in 1923 after struggling for many years with tuberculosis.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511614145
• ISBN 13: 9781511614146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212