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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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Miriam Margolis truly brought each story to life.
Keenly nuanced characters with different moods for each story.

Bliss and Other Stories.

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I am a great fan of Miriam Margoyles. However, being a Kiwi, I think it is a crying shame the producer allowed her to use an Australian accent for the "lower classes". There is a pool of Kiwi actors in the UK who can actually speak "the Queen's English" as well as a genuine Kiwi accent. I love Mansfield but could not bring myself to listen to the end of the first story.

What a shame

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