Reviews

Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

claricedetoledo's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

earlgreybooks's review against another edition

4.0

My first foray into the works of Katherine Mansfield. I've heard this isn't her best collection, but I really enjoyed it. Excited to see what I think of more of her work when I finally get the chance to get to it!

enihet3's review against another edition

5.0

Most of these stories are quite sad. Favourite was The Little Governess

areadingstan's review against another edition

5.0

I read this for university and wasn't expecting to like it, I put it off until the day before my seminar about it. But I couldn't put it down. All of these little stories made me smile, laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time. Katherine Mansfield is now on my list of famous people I'd have over for dinner, just so I could ask her what the pear tree - the pear tree means.
Read it.

lnatal's review against another edition

4.0

From BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mr. Reginald Peacock's day
A singing teacher ponders the mundane nature of his married life, compared to the passion of his profession. Read by Brian Gear.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0671h1q

lnatal's review

4.0

From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
Katherine Mansfield’s best-loved short stories fully dramatised in two box-sets. This first instalment contains three surprising love stories.
Marriage a la Mode, where Isabel’s new friends come between her and husband William.
Something Childish and Very Natural, where Henry and Edna meet and fall in love, just as passionately as they always hoped they might.
Bliss, where Bertha’s life is dedicated to happiness, and her will for happiness folds around every experience, until this one.

Cast

Marriage a la Mode:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Ellie Piercy ..... Isabel
Carl Prekopp ..... William
Charlotte East ..... Moira
Ian Dunnett Jr ..... Bobby
Joel MacCormack ..... Dennis
Luke Nunn ..... Vendor
Eliza Pearce ..... Paddy
Orla Pearce ..... Jonny

Something Childish but Very Natural:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Joel MacCormack ..... Henry
Cecilia Appiah ..... Edna
Eliza Pearce ..... Moth Girl

Bliss:
Hattie Morahan ..... Katherine Mansfield
Charlotte East ..... Bertha
Luke Nunn ..... Harry
Ellie Piercy ..... Pearl
Joel MacCormack ..... Eddie
Cecilia Appiah ..... Mary
Ian Dunnett Jr ..... Mr Norman Knight

Dramatised by Katie Hims
Sound by Peter Ringrose
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lmkp

danidamico's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

jambery's review against another edition

3.0

Another book I wish I could read over again, to really fully understand. Her prose is so straightforward, and many of the stories have this yearning, claustraphobic feel to them. I imagine she must have felt like that.