Bliss and Other Stories

Mansfield, Katherine

ISBN 10: 9626348968 ISBN 13: 9789626348963

Casa editrice: Naxos Audio Books, 2008

Riassunto

One of Katherine Mansfield's finest short stories, "Bliss", introduces us to Bertha, who experiences a sense of rapture as she reflects on her life. On her walk home one day, she is overwhelmed by a sense of bliss and contentment. However, her joy later turns to disappointment as she discovers her husband is having an affair with her new friend Pearl. Katherine Mansfield became well-known for her focus on psychological conflicts and complex characters; and Bliss displays these qualities brilliantly, exploring themes of marriage, adultery and duplicity. This set also contains five other short stories by Katherine Mansfield: "Mr. Reginald Peacock's Day", "Pictures", "The Little Governess", "Feuille D'Album" and "A Dill Pickle".

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This recording presents six of the thirteen stories originally published together in the 1920s... Each is served up by Juliet Stevenson as a rare delicacy, each character brought forth with perfect accent and timbre, each tale with full awareness of every nuance. The result? The listener is blessed with the good fortune of hearing two great storytellers working in concert, and it is absolute bliss --Maine Portland, AudioFile

Juliet Stevenson is the perfect narrator for these six delicately observed stories. In one, Bertha in her white dress and jade beads presides over a dinner party, her happiness to be obliterated by seeing her husband kiss heavy-lidded Pearl; in another, ex-lovers meet again beside a Japanese vase of paper daffodils. Unbeatable. --Rachel Redford, The Observer

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• Editore: Naxos Audio Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9626348968
• ISBN 13: 9789626348963
• Rilegatura: Audio CD
• Numero di pagine: 2