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The Lady's-Maid: Short Story by Katherine Mansfield

The Lady's-Maid: Short Story - Katherine Mansfield
bookshelves: shortstory-shortstories-novellas, lit-richer, autumn-2014
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Read from November 06 to 07, 2014

 

Portrait of Mansfield at Looe in Cornwall, 1918 by Anne Estelle Rice

Read here: http://biblioklept.org/2012/12/04/rea...

Opening: Eleven o’clock. A knock at the door … I hope I haven’t disturbed you, madam. You weren’t asleep – were you? But I’ve just given my lady her tea, and there was such a nice cup over, I thought, perhaps …

The Lady's-Maid uses the mistress as an excuse not to grow or move on. Pretending that you are indispensable stifles maturation and happiness.

3* The Garden Party and Other Stories
2* The Young Girl
3* Bliss & Other Stories
4* In a German Pension: 13 Stories
TR Prelude
WL Journal of Katherine Mansfield
TR The Dove's Nest And Other Stories
3* The Voyage: Short Story
3* The Doll's House and Other Stories
3* The Singing Lesson
3.5* The Lady's-Maid