Physical description
Hard cover book. The Garden Party and Other Stories
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Constable & Co Ltd
Date: 1923-1932
Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to brown spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine with typed text PAT FIC MAS
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Summary
The title story centres on an annual garden party held by the well-to-do Sheridan family, during which news arrives of the accidental death of a working-class man in the poorer part of the village a classic Mansfield study of class and the collision between privilege and mortality. Other well-known pieces in the collection include "Miss Brill," "The Doll's House," and "Her First Ball."
Keywords
- warrnambool,
- shipwrecked-coast,
- flagstaff-hill,
- flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum,
- maritime-museum,
- shipwreck-coast,
- flagstaff-hill-maritime-village,
- shipwrecked-artefact,
- book,
- the doves nest and other stories,
- katherine mansfield,
- warrnambool mechanics’ institute,
- pattison collection,
- warrnambool library,
- ralph eric pattison,
- corangamite regional library service,
- warrnambool city librarian,
- mechanics’ institute library,
- victorian library board,
- warrnambool books and records,
- warrnambool children’s library
References
- Biography: Katherine Mansfield Biography: Katherine Mansfield | English Literature: Victorians.
- Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield - The British Library
- Warbler Press.
- Abe Books.
