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Katherine Mansfield's deceptively light sketches detonate with psychological insight, each story a precise moment where class, mortality, and desire collide beneath the surface of ordinary social rituals. Her characters' inner lives contradict their polite exteriors in quietly devastating ways.

A short story collection from the early 20th century about domestic life and social dynamics, often from women's viewpoints. The opening follows Linda Burnell as her family prepares to move to the country, with her daughters Lottie and Kezia.