{"product_id":"2940016207193","title":"Something Childish and Other Stories","description":"INTRODUCTORY NOTE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the stories and sketches in this collection were written in the\u003cbr\u003eyears between the publication of Katherine Mansfield's first book, \"In a\u003cbr\u003eGerman Pension,\" in 1911 and the publication of her second, \"Bliss and\u003cbr\u003eother Stories,\" in 1920. There are a few exceptions. The first story, The\u003cbr\u003eTiredness of Rosabel, was written in 1908 when Katherine Mansfield was\u003cbr\u003enineteen years old, and the three stories following also were written\u003cbr\u003ebefore \"In a German Pension\" was published: while Sixpence and Poison\u003cbr\u003ewere written after Bliss had appeared. Sixpence was excluded from \"The\u003cbr\u003eGarden-Party and Other Stories\" by Katherine Mansfield because she\u003cbr\u003ethought it \"sentimental\"; Poison was excluded because I thought it was\u003cbr\u003enot wholly successful. I have since changed my mind: it now seems to me a\u003cbr\u003elittle masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have no doubt that Katherine Mansfield, were she still alive, would not\u003cbr\u003ehave suffered some of these stories to appear. When she was urged to\u003cbr\u003eallow \"In a German Pension\" to be republished, she would always reply:\u003cbr\u003e\"Not now; not yet--not until I have a body of work done and it can be\u003cbr\u003eseen in perspective. It is not true of me now: I am not like that any\u003cbr\u003emore. When the time for a collected edition comes--\" she would end,\u003cbr\u003elaughing. The time has come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories are arranged in chronological order.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071257657584,"sku":"2940016207193","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016207193_p0.jpg?v=1763630698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016207193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}