{"product_id":"9781420934199","title":"The Short Stories Of Katherine Mansfield","description":"The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. \u003cp\u003eIn this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. In this volume we examine some of the short stories of Katherine Mansfield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was born on 14th October 1888 into a prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand the middle child of five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gifted Cello, at one point she thought she might take it up professionally the young Katherine's first writings were published in school magazines \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 19 Katherine left for Great Britain and met the modernist writers D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf with whom she became close friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe travelled to Europe before returning to New Zealand in 1906 she began to write the short stories that she would later become famous for. Her stories often focus on moments of disruption and frequently open rather abruptly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1908 she had returned to London and to a rather more bohemian lifestyle. A passionate affair resulted in her becoming pregnant but married off instead to an older man who she left the same evening with the marriage unconsummated. She was then to miscarry and be cut out of her mothers will (allegedly because of her lesbianism).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1911 she was to start a relationship with John Middleton Murry a magazine editor and although it was volatile it enabled her to write some of here best stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the First World War Mansfield contracted extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which rendered any return or visit to New Zealand impossible and led to her death at the tender age of 34 on January 9th 1923 in Fontainebleau, France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of these stories are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Word Of Mouth. Many samples are at our youtube channel http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. They are read for you by Richard Mitchley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex Of Stories\u003cbr\u003eA Dill Pickle\u003cbr\u003eThe Garden Party\u003cbr\u003eThe Life Of Ma Parker\u003cbr\u003eMarriage A La Mode\u003cbr\u003eMr \u0026amp; Mrs Dove\u003cbr\u003eStranger\u003cbr\u003eAn Ideal Family\u003cbr\u003eThe Singing Lesson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neeland Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026899484912,"sku":"9781420934199","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781420934199_p0.jpg?v=1763730006","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781420934199","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}