Bliss and Other Stories (Hardcover)

from cdeuker

Beautiful written stories in the mode of Chekhov. I'm withholding a star because there was a certain sameness to them. The "good" person is always deceived/disillusioned at the end. In Bliss, the woman's best friend is betraying her with her husband. In the final story, the little governess who i...

from zeborah

The opening story, about Lottie and Kezia and family, was a good introduction for me because the only Mansfield I'd read previously was "The Doll's House" in high school. She writes wonderfully character-focused stories, whether these are ordinary or extraordinary characters, children or adults, ...

from cdeuker

Beautiful written stories in the mode of Chekhov. I'm withholding a star because there was a certain sameness to them. The "good" person is always deceived/disillusioned at the end. In Bliss, the woman's best friend is betraying her with her husband. In the final story, the little governess who i...

from senbei

Doubtless the precursor to Modernism as we know it, Mansfield effortlessly melds the schizophrenia of the Gothic with the disjointed imagery and stream of consciousness description of Modernism. Mansfield endows her foils with hidden agendas and her narrators with an uncanny paranoia and fear of ...

from LJuneOsborne

While I like the style in which these stories are written, each one has a very similar, predictable quality. Because of this I don't know if I have much to say about them, though I would recommend the collection for someone looking for light reading. My favorite story has to be 'Mr. Reginald Peac...