Classic Women's Short Stories

Five stories from influential women writers of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. New Zealand-born Katherine Mansfield settled in England where she wrote a series of short stories that are widely recognised as among the finest of the twentieth century for their economy, clarity, sensitivity and effect. `The Garden Party¿ is one of her most famous, while `Daughters of the Late Colonel¿ shows a wonderful sense of wit. Kate Chopin, writing in the last years of the nineteenth century, broke new ground with her daring view of women as individuals with human needs. `Lilacs¿ and `Ma¿ame Pelagie¿ are sympathetic portraits of women with differing dilemmas. Woolf¿s `A Mark on the Wall¿ shows, in short story form, the turmoil within the stillness which became such a mark of her later novels.