Katherine Mansfield

In the realm of the short story, Katherine Mansfield established a highly original style. Undramatic, poetic and lyrical, her writing is exquisitely subtle in its treatment of human behaviour....

The short story is considered to be one of the most challenging genres because of the need for compact plotlines and the ability to conjure up atmosphere and character in a few sentences....

Our classic authors including Arnold Bennett, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad, Ivan Turgenev and many others use their pens and stories to demonstrate the many ways this feeling can take a hold of lives and its consequences.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.

The Sheridan family is preparing to host a garden party. Laura is supposed to be in charge, but has trouble with the workers who appear to know better....

A collection of Katherine Mansfield's finest short stories....

A collection of wonderful classic short stories by great authors such as Saki, James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield and Kate Chopin....

The Garden Party and Other Stories was published in 1922. A collection of fifteen short stories, it explores themes including life and death, gender and family roles, relationships and duty....

Between 1922 and 1923, Katherine Mansfield wrote four volumes of short stories. This recording includes all sixty-three stories from the four collections, including a number of incomplete stories collated after Mansfield’s death.

In a German Pension (1911) was Katherine Mansfield’s first published collection of short stories. Many of these works had been previously published in the British weekly magazine, The New Age....

This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.

The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield’s death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry.

This is a story from the Bliss & Other Stories collection....

This recording contains four of Katherine Mansfield's best stories....

What is a life surrendered for duty, loyalty, and love that can never be returned? In Katherine Mansfield’s “The Lady’s Maid”, Ellen, a devoted maid, recounts her life in a haunting monologue that reveals the quiet sorrows of servitude.

In Katherine Mansfield’s "The Singing Lesson", Miss Meadows, a devoted music teacher, is devastated when her fiancé, Basil, cruelly ends their engagement, leaving her feeling that life itself has lost all meaning.

What happens when beauty, privilege, and celebration collide with the quiet reality of death? This powerful audiobook brings to life a story where elegance and unease exist side by side—where a perfect summer garden becomes the stage for a profound awakening.

What if your very first dance could sweep you into a world of dazzling lights, laughter, and unforgettable magic? In "Her First Ball", Katherine Mansfield tells the enchanting story of eighteen-year-old Leila, a wide-eyed country girl visiting the city for the first time.

Lonely, observant, and quietly hopeful—what does it mean to truly see life unfold around you? Step into Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield, a masterful short story that illuminates the beauty, longing, and subtle heartbreak of everyday life.