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lemon_y's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
cwscott27's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
casparb's review against another edition
! Splendid work I've been warm to Katherine Mansfield since that charming moment she decided T.S. Eliot was 'attractive yet pathetic'. I think there's a familiar ring to these stories for most people that Early Modernist posture within the upper-middle classes but I think like Woolf and Djuna Barnes, KM manages to posit her authorial voice as just askew - it doesn't feel one gazes the navel.
Perhaps its the sometime vicious attitude to men (and justly postured much agreed) - the overawing melancholy? Her feminism does appear quite sophisticated for the era: both sympathetic and critical, a surprising class-consciousness built in. My general feeling is that Mansfield excels at endings. This is where all of her tales do their work & it does feel in a few of the weaker ones that they exist purely to carry one to the final paragraph.
Enjoyed what appeared to be a critical re-interpretation of Jane Austen. The Garden Party itself wonderful & very Chekhov. There are weaker stories here but none too egregious & it feels impressively cohesive well done Katherine xxx
Perhaps its the sometime vicious attitude to men (and justly postured much agreed) - the overawing melancholy? Her feminism does appear quite sophisticated for the era: both sympathetic and critical, a surprising class-consciousness built in. My general feeling is that Mansfield excels at endings. This is where all of her tales do their work & it does feel in a few of the weaker ones that they exist purely to carry one to the final paragraph.
Enjoyed what appeared to be a critical re-interpretation of Jane Austen. The Garden Party itself wonderful & very Chekhov. There are weaker stories here but none too egregious & it feels impressively cohesive well done Katherine xxx
karinlib's review against another edition
4.0
I was really quite surprised how quickly I was able to read these stories.
queen_perfection's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
t_thekla's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
they had to get rid of her before she got too powerful
laila4343's review against another edition
4.0
I read 18 out of 20 stories. After a while you just get tired of stories and want to sink your teeth into a meaty novel, you know? That said, Katherine Mansfield is amazing, and I can't believe I've never read her before now. Her stories feel really modern in a way, in part because the protagonists are usually women who are kind of clueless and wistful. Mansfield explored the restrictions and conventions place upon women of the early 20th century. She also was obviously a lover of the natural world and her prose sparkles with vivid natural imagery. I enjoyed these stories tremendously.
the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those stories that depicts one of my main pet peeves: people simply not caring about other people's pain and suffering. Well-written, really rubbed me the wrong way, which was the point.
vitaluna's review against another edition
4.0
4 or 4.5
Beautiful stories, yet always a twinge of sadness within them
Beautiful stories, yet always a twinge of sadness within them
mschrock8's review against another edition
Found this first in my "1,001 Books to Read Before You Die," then checked it out of the Franklin College Library.