Katherine Mansfield - Böcker

Katherine Mansfield hör till världslitteraturens största namn i novellgenren. Tidigt präglad av ryske Anton Tjechovs impressionism utvecklade Mansfield en egen modernistisk berättarstil som haft stort inflytande på all senare novellkonst. Hennes b...

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På grönskande gräsmattor, bland blommor och fåglar, rör sig människorna runt, runt varandra likt trollsländor – med en djup önskan att nå fram till den andre. Asken I sommartid rymmer fyra varma berättelser skrivna av fyra älskade författare...

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH Katherine Mansfield's clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. Moving, resonant, full of light and colour, they ra...

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Fifteen exquisite tales from one of the world'd greatest writers of the short story Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many...

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Four classic short stories, offering a perfect introduction to some of Britain's most famous writers. This box includes: Katherine Mansfield - Bliss Charles Dickens - Horatio Sparkins D.H. Lawrence - Sun Virginia Woolf - Lappin and Lapinova T...

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Fastän Bertha Young var trettio år fyllda upplevde hon fortfarande ögonblick som dessa, ögonblick då hon ville springa istället för att gå, dansa fram på trottoaren, hoppa ner på gatan och sedan upp igen, kasta något högt upp i luften och fånga de...

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Följ med till Londons societetsvärld och Medelhavets citron¿lundar, och stifta samtidigt bekantskap med Storbritanniens ¿största författarskap. Här samlas fyra berättelser om självförverkligande, giftermål och kvinnlig frigörelse, skrivna av förfa...

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“But in her bosom there was still that bright glowing place - that shower of little sparks coming from it. It was almost unbearable. She hardly dared to breathe for fear of fanning it higher, and yet she breathed deeply, deeply. She hardly d...

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Introduction by Colm Tóibín In fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human...

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'And again, as always, he had the feeling he was holding something that never was quite his - his. Something too delicate, too precious, that would fly away once he let go.'Three sharp and powerful short stories from Katherine Mansfield, one of th...

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITHKatherine Mansfield's clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. Moving, resonant, full of light and colour, they range fr...

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Fifteen exquisite tales from one of the world'd greatest writers of the short storyInnovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in...

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Henry is naive and has never experienced love. When he meets golden-haired Edna in a train carriage, however, his world changes forever. But the intensity of their feelings threatens their innocence, and Edna knows she is too young to leave her ch...

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The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

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The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

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The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield Volume I: 1903-1917

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This volume, the second of four, includes her correspondence from early 1918 to the autumn of 1919. Her love for Middleton Murry, her response to the First World War, and her acceptance of the inevitable advance of tuberculosis, are handled with w...

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The third volume of the Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield covers the eight months she spent in Italy and the South of France between the English summers of 1919 and 1920. It was a time of intense personal reassessment and distress. Mansfiel...

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The letters is this volume cover the eighteen months katherine Mansfield spent in England, France, and Switzerland from May 1920 to the end of 1921. It is the period of her finest stories, and when her life took its most decisive turn. There is a ...

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'I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been jealous of.' Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was not the only writer to admire Mansfield's work: Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, and Elizabeth Bowen all praised her storie...

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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Bonnie Wright, best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Lorna Sage . Innovative, startlingly perceptiv...

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin ...

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She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bear Katherine Mansfield was a magician of the short story, whose work was described by Virginia Woolf as the only writing I have ever been jealous o...

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Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different era and in a vastly different English. Her language is as transparent as clean gl...

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Katherine Mansfield was a formidable critic: astute, witty and something more - she had, as Middleton Murry put it, an extraordinary style and critical verve, mastery and 'sureness of touch'. This is the first scholarly edition of her critical wri...

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With the exception of the first four stories, all were written within a period of ten years. These stories, and the letters following, reflect the urgency of a writer who knew her time was limited. All but four of the texts of the stories reprinte...

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Acclaimed stories by the influential Modernist author include "Prelude," a reminiscence of her New Zealand girlhood, in addition to "The Garden Party," "Marriage a la Mode," "Bliss," and others.

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Cambridge Experience Readers is a graded readers series of original fiction, adapted fiction and non-fiction especially written for teenagers. Three vibrant stories by author Katherine Mansfield, selected and retold by Margaret Johnson. In one sto...

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