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Katherine Mansfield is widely acclaimed as one of the finest short-story writers in English, and the heir to Anton Chekhov. This essential collection brings together more than twenty of the best stories from her brief career and showcases the New Zealander's dazzling brilliance, with a new introduction by Emily Perkins. No library descriptions found. |
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I particularly enjoyed the NZ setting of the opening story At the Bay but felt that many of them were more English in tone. This being said she presents a woman's view of social practices in the early 20th century but like many short stories they left me wanting more. One wonders, if she hadn't died at such a young age, whether she would have written a novel. (