The Garden Party and Other Stories (Paperback)

from JVioland

This should be titled, "Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield" and include one of them, "The Garden Party". A very gifted New Zealander, her stories take you to her country and introduces you to unforgettable characters. We identify with them and realize what binds us together is our sense of huma...

from snash

A collection of short stories, each a an exquisite portrait of a person and a situation. Issues of class and its impact upon lives explored. It often portrays the gap between dream and reality. I found the stories most intriguing for their superb portraits and psychological insight.

from SeriousGrace

"Garden Party" illustrates many themes: wealth versus poverty, insensitivity versus compassion, death versus life. Wealthy Mrs. Sheridan has been preparing for an elaborate garden party with flowers and tents, food and music. Servants and gardeners and workers toil like busy bees here, there, and...

from snash

A collection of short stories, each a an exquisite portrait of a person and a situation. Issues of class and its impact upon lives explored. It often portrays the gap between dream and reality. I found the stories most intriguing for their superb portraits and psychological insight.

from DeltaQueen50

For the past month I have been dipping in and out of this collection of short stories and for the most part I have found that each and every one had something about it that made it both readable and interesting. Some of my favorites were "Miss Brill", "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" and "Her ...