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Bliss and Other Stories

By: Katherine Mansfield
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
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 'Lottie and Kezia stood on the patch of lawn just inside the gate, all ready for the fray in their coats with brass anchor buttons....'

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. When these 14 short stories were published in 1920, she had already effected a transformation in this form of fiction, and her influence has been deeply felt by subsequent writers.

©1923 Katherine Mansfield (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Short Stories
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There are two extra chapter breaks, so the stories are: 1 Prelude; 2-3 Je ne Parle pas Francais; 4 Bliss; 5 The Wind Blows; 6 Psychology; 7 Pictures; 8-9 The Man without a Temperament; 10 Mr Reginald Peacock's Day; 11 Sun and Moon; 12 Feuille d'Album; 13 A Dill Pickle; 14 The Little Governess; 15 Revelations; 16 The Escape.

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I have always loved the stories of Katherine Mansfield and to hear Miriam Margoyles read them was a great treat. She is one of my very favoutite actors and when I noticed she was the reader of 'Bliss', I just had to have it.

Bliss

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What made the experience of listening to Bliss and Other Stories the most enjoyable?

Her stories really thrive on audio and seem to gain even more life and grace

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dull question.

What about Miriam Margolyes’s performance did you like?

Excellent

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Really? Silly question - as if that were the destiny of all books

Mansfield Makes Good Audio

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Let me say Miriam Margolyes is a wonderful narrator and calls upon her abilities to fit each story with the correct emotion and sensibilities. I thoroughly enjoyed her reading. New Zealand born Katherine Mansfield certainly can put words together into engaging writing. Her focus is human behavior and personal frailties. But after a few stories, it becomes a very familiar theme. . I have mixed feelings there are some lovely vignettes such as in the café in Je ne parle pas française but overall there is the same theme of the sourness of human relationships and life. And the stories quickly become rather like a delicious meal that after receiving it at every mealtime the pleasure wears thin.

Miriam Margolyes Narration is Excellent!

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Narrated beautifully by Miriam margolyes, she really brings the stories to life. The only thing is the short gap between stories, while you are listening it is really hard to tell when one begins and another ends.

Great distraction, lovely short stories

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