KATHERINE MANSFIELD - The Woman Behind The Books: The Life of Katherine Mansfield (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. (Including Her Letters, Journals, Essays & Articles)By Katherine Mansfield, John Middleton Murry
Length52h 25m
About this audiobook
KATHERINE MANSFIELD - The Woman Behind The Books: The Life of Katherine Mansfield presents an intimate literary portrait of one of modernism's most distinctive voices, tracing the sensibility behind the stories as much as the events of the life. Bringing together biographical reflection, critical memory, and the atmosphere of Mansfield's creative world, the volume illuminates the tensions between art and illness, exile and belonging, emotional intensity and stylistic restraint that shaped her work. Centred on Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry, the book emerges from a crucial moment in twentieth-century literary culture, when experimental prose, psychological subtlety, and new conceptions of female authorship were transforming fiction. Mansfield's New Zealand origins, European travels, and participation in metropolitan modernist circles are set against Murry's role as editor, critic, and custodian of her legacy, creating a layered account of literary partnership, influence, and remembrance. Readers interested in modernism, women's writing, literary biography, and the making of artistic reputation will find this volume especially rewarding. It offers not merely a life story, but a pathway into Mansfield's imaginative universe, encouraging renewed engagement with her fiction through the circumstances, relationships, and intellectual currents that informed it.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length52 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 27, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1KATHERINE MANSFIELD - The Woman Behind The Books: The Life of Katherine Mansfield (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5KATHERINE MANSFIELD - The Woman Behind The Books: The Life of Katherine Mansfield (Including Her Letters, Journals, Essays & Articles)
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6BIOGRAPHY
7The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Ruth E. Mantz & J. Middleton Murry
8Introduction
9Chapter I: The Pa Men
10Chapter II: Wellington: 11 Tinakori Road
11Chapter III: Anikiwa
12Chapter IV: Karori
13Chapter V: 75 Tinakori Road
14Chapter VI: The Terrace School
15Chapter VII: First Love
16Chapter VIII: London
17Chapter IX: Queen’s College:
18Chapter X: White Gardenia
19Chapter XI: Wellington: 47 Fitzherbert Terrace
20Chapter XII: The Growing of Wings
21Chapter XIII: First Short Stories
22Chapter XIV: “La Seule Chose”
23Chapter XV: Sea-Change
24LETTERS ANDJOURNAL
25The Letters of Katherine Mansfield Vol. 1
26Prefatory Introduction
27Cholesbury — Summer 1913 —
28Summer 1913
29Summer 1913
30Summer 1913
31Summer 1913
32Paris: 31 rue de Tournon — February 1914 —
33February 1914
34Monday — Rose Tree Cottage — The Lee, Great Missenden — March 1, 1915 —
35Monday — March 8, 1915
36Wednesday, late afternoon — March 11
37March 17, 1915
38Paris: 13 Quai aux Fleurs — March 19, 1915 —
39March 19, 1915
40Sunday, early afternoon — March 21, 1915
41March 22, 1915 —
42Monday night — March 22, 1915 —
43March 1915
44Thursday morning — March 25, 1915
45Saturday afternoon — March 27, 1915
46Saturday afternoon: Café Biard — March 27, 1915
47March 29, 1915 —
48Jeudi — May 13, 1915 —
49Friday — May 14, 1915
50Saturday evening — May 15, 1915
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