The Garden Party

Katherine Mansfield · 1922 CE · Short Story · English · Modernist

Laura Sheridan is placing the marquee and ordering the flowers for her family's garden party when word comes up that a young carter has been killed in the cottages below the house. She wants the party called off; her mother and sister do not. The two facts refuse to stay apart.

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• influenced by ↑ The Lady with the Dog
  Anton Chekhov · 1899 CE · Short Story

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