The Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield: Short Stories, Poetry, Letters, Diary, Essays (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. New Zealand modernist stories, poems, letters, diaries, essays & reviewsBy Katherine Mansfield
Length86h 16m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield gathers the full range of a writer whose art transformed the modern short story: the celebrated fictions, poems, letters, diary entries, and essays together reveal a restless intelligence refining impression, gesture, and atmosphere into narrative form. Mansfield's prose is elliptical, musical, and psychologically acute, indebted to Chekhov yet unmistakably her own; in stories such as "The Garden Party," "Bliss," and "Prelude," social surfaces tremble with hidden desire, class unease, mortality, and sudden revelation. Placed within early twentieth-century modernism, the collection shows her experimenting with fragmentation, interiority, and the luminous moment. Born in colonial New Zealand in 1888 and later active in London and continental Europe, Mansfield wrote from a life marked by displacement, artistic ambition, fragile health, and intimate turbulence. Her encounters with bohemian and modernist circles, her marriage to John Middleton Murry, her complicated memories of New Zealand, and her struggle with tuberculosis all sharpened her sensitivity to exile, impermanence, and emotional contradiction. This volume is essential for readers seeking not merely Mansfield's masterpieces but the full architecture of her mind. It rewards scholars, students of modernism, and general readers drawn to subtle psychological fiction, offering a profound portrait of an artist who made brevity expansive and the ordinary inexhaustibly strange.
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.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- 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.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length86 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateJul 27, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield: Short Stories, Poetry, Letters, Diary, Essays (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield: Short Stories, Poetry, Letters, Diary, Essays & Book Reviews
7SHORT STORIES COLLECTIONS
8BLISS, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
9BLISS, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
10BLISS, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 3)
11THE GARDEN PARTY, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
12THE GARDEN PARTY, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
13THE GARDEN PARTY, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 3)
14THE DOVES' NEST, AND OTHER STORIES
15SOMETHING CHILDISH, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
16SOMETHING CHILDISH, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
17SOMETHING CHILDISH, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 3)
18IN A GERMAN PENSION, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 1)
19IN A GERMAN PENSION, AND OTHER STORIES (pt. 2)
20THE ALOE (pt. 1)
21THE ALOE (pt. 2)
22UNFINISHED STORIES (pt. 1)
23UNFINISHED STORIES (pt. 2)
24POEMS
25POEMS: 1909- 1910
26POEMS: 1911-1913
27POEMS AT THE VILLA PAULINE: 1916
28POEMS: 1917-1919
29CHILD VERSES: 1907
30LETTERS AND JOURNAL
31THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 1 (pt. 1)
32THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 1 (pt. 2)
33THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 1 (pt. 3)
34THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 1 (pt. 4)
35THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 1 (pt. 5)
36THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 2 (pt. 1)
37THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 2 (pt. 2)
38THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 2 (pt. 3)
39THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD VOL. 2 (pt. 4)
40JOURNAL OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD (pt. 1)
41JOURNAL OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD (pt. 2)
42JOURNAL OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD (pt. 3)
43ESSAYS AND BOOK REVIEWS
44NOVELS AND NOVELISTS (pt. 1)
45NOVELS AND NOVELISTS (pt. 2)
46NOVELS AND NOVELISTS (pt. 3)
47NOVELS AND NOVELISTS (pt. 4)
48NOVELS AND NOVELISTS (pt. 5)
49THE BIOGRAPHY
50THE LIFE OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD BY RUTH E. MANTZ & J. MIDDLETON MURRY (pt. 1)
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