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En «The Garden Party», Mansfield narra la historia de Laura Sheridan, una joven de clase alta que se enfrenta a la muerte de un vecino mientras su familia se prepara para celebrar una fiesta en su jardín.
20 de ene. de 2016 · ‘The Garden Party’ (1920) is probably Katherine Mansfield’s best-known and best-loved story. She never wrote a full-length novel, but – taking her cue from such innovators as Anton Chekhov – made the short story form her own.
The party begins: guests arrive, stroll around the garden, and compliment Laura, who glows with joy and helps greet the attendees. She asks her father if the band can get drinks. Suddenly, the party is over and Laura and Mrs. Sheridan bid the guests goodbye.
Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” explores themes of maturation and the loss of innocence as its protagonist, Laura, develops an understanding that distinctions of class vanish in the face of human mortality.
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La fiesta en el jardín (1921) (“The Garden-Party”) Originalmente publicado, en tres partes, en Saturday Westminster Gazette. (I: 4 de febrero de 1922; II: 11 de febrero de 1922; y III: 18 de febrero de 1922); The Garden Party and Other Stories. (Londres: Constable & Company Limited, 1922, 276 págs.)
Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” follows Laura, a teenaged daughter of the wealthy New Zealand Sheridan family, as her family throws a garden-party at their estate.
