The Garden Party, and Other Stories
Author : Katherine Mansfield
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 1922
Category : English fiction
ISBN :
The Garden Party and Collected Short Stories
Author : Katherine Mansfield
Publisher : Alma Classics
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847497291
Book Description
When her wealthy family prepares to host a lavish summer party, the young, hitherto sheltered Laura Sheridan suddenly feels a kinship with the staff and the helpers hired to set up the venue for the festivities. As she learns of the death of one of their working-class neighbours, this burgeoning sense of class consciousness is heightened by a realization of her own mortality. Published in 1922, at the height of literary modernism, 'The Garden Party' is now considered one of the key texts of that movement. This volume, which also includes a wide selection of Katherine Mansfield's other short stories, is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover one of the early twentieth century's finest writers.
A Better Death
Author : Ranjana Srivastava
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1925750965
Book Description
A powerful, timely exploration of the art of living and dying on our own terms by one of Australia’s most respected voices Of all the experiences we share, two universal events bookend our lives: we were all born and we will all die. We don't have a choice in how we enter the world but we can have a say in how we leave it. In order to die well, we must be prepared to contemplate our mortality and to broach it with our loved ones, who are often called upon to make important decisions on our behalf. These are some of the most important conversations we can have with each other - to find peace, kindness and gratitude for what has gone before, and acceptance of what is to come. Dr Ranjana Srivastava draws on two decades of experience to share her observations and advice on leading a meaningful life and finding dignity and composure at the end. With an emphasis on advocacy, leaving a legacy and staying true to our deepest convictions, Srivastava tells stories of strength, hope and resilience in the face of grief and offers an optimistic meditation on approaching the end of life. Intelligent, warm and deeply affecting, A Better Death is a passionate exploration of the art of living and dying well. Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM is a practising oncologist, award-winning writer, broadcaster and Fulbright scholar. See www.ranjanasrivastava.com
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Author : Katherine Mansfield
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141937181
Book Description
Fifteen exquisite tales from one of the world'd greatest writers of the short story Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native New Zealand, others in England and the French Riviera. All are revelations of the unspoken, half-understood emotions that make up everyday experience - from the blackly comic 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel', and the short, sharp sketch 'Miss Brill', in which a lonely woman's precarious sense of self is brutally destroyed, to the vivid impressionistic evocation of family life in 'At the Bay'. 'All that I write,' Mansfield said, 'all that I am - is on the borders of the sea. It is a kind of playing.'
Dying for a Garden Party
Author : VL McBeath
Publisher : Valyn Ltd
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2019-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1916134009
Book Description
An invitation to a garden party. The perfect opportunity for Eliza to snoop around her childhood home ... until she comes across more than she bargained for... August 1901: Oak House was once Eliza’s home. It was a place of memories, some good … some not so good. Revisiting the place had never occurred to her … until the invitation to the party arrived. And then she couldn’t keep away. Being told to stay in the garden wasn’t going to stop Eliza and Connie from finding their way indoors. But when the master of the house is found with a bullet wound in his head, they have questions to answer… The victim's family have their own ideas about the murder. But who had the most to gain from Mr Hartley’s death? In a world where secrets and lies are the norm, someone is playing games. Unfortunately for them, they haven’t bargained on Eliza’s past. Can she use her childhood knowledge of the village to identify the killer before they strike again? Set in a quintessential, English village, Dying for a Garden Party is the fourth standalone story in the Eliza Thomson Investigates series. If you like Miss Marple-style, historical murder mysteries, and amateur sleuths with attitude, you’ll love this step-back-in-time cozy series. Get your copy today! Books in the Eliza Thomson Investigates series: •A Deadly Tonic •Murder in Moreton •Death of an Honourable Gent •Dying for a Garden Party •A Scottish Fling •A Christmas Murder •The Palace Murder NB. This series is written in UK English
Dying for a Garden Party: Eliza Thomson Investigates
Author : Vl McBeath
Publisher : Eliza Thomson Investigates
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2019-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916134010
Book Description
This is the fourth standalone story in the Eliza Thomson Investigates series. If you like Miss Marple-style murder mysteries, and historical heroines with attitude, you'll love this step-back-in-time cozy series.
The Dying Art of Disagreement
Author : Bret Stephens
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2017-12-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780648018902
Book Description
2017 Lowy Institute Media Lecture
Dying, Death, and Grief
Author : M. A. Simpson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1468434683
Book Description
Categories Used in Classification.- Annotated List of Books.- Supplementary List of Books.- Author Index.- Journals.- Films.- Film Distributors and Libraries.- Audio-Visual Materials Audiotapes and Audiocassettes.- Videotapes and Videocassettes.- Teaching Materials, Kits, etc.- European Literature French.- Scandinavian.- German.- Dutch.- Key Journal References.- Films and Audio-Visual Media Available in Great Britain Films.- AV Materials.- Stop Press Additions.
A Beginners Guide to Dying in India
Author : Josh Donellan
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1458798771
Book Description
After Levi's house burns down, he gets fired from his job and he discovers that his fiance is leaving him for some bearded hobo who died two thousand years ago, he decides things can't possibly get any worse. He is wrong. Levi's brother Jim calls and requests his urgent presence in India. Levi arrives to find a confronting request from Jim, a girl who is searching for the reincaration of her husband, a curiously sinister accountant and the overwhelming cacophony of sensations and experiences that India delivers in strictly super-sized serves. Welcome to India: land of one billion people, thirty millon gods, far too many monkeys and not nearly enough sanitary bathrooms. Please leave all preconceptions at the door and enjoy the ride." -- back cover.
Philip Larkin’s Poetics
Author : István D. Rácz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004311076
Book Description
In Philip Larkin’s Poetics István D. Rácz offers a reading of Larkin’s credo that systematically discusses the links between his principles and practice – a discussion notably absent up to now from the many studies of this outstanding post-1945 British poet. While Larkin claimed that his poetry did not need any explication, Rácz argues that a careful reading reveals a coherent poetics. This thoroughgoing discussion of the oeuvre provides ample evidence that Larkin’s poetry of interacting opposites creates a logically organized system based on principles to be found in his poetics.
