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At The Bay
"At the Bay" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the ''London Mercury'' in January 1922 in twelve sections, and later reprinted in '' The Garden Party and Other Stories'' (1922) with a short descriptive coda which is now the thirteenth section. While writing it at the Chalet des Sapins in Montana (now Crans-Montana), Switzerland, she was coming to terms with her relationship with her husband John Middleton Murry and with her own origins and identity. Along with Prelude, The Doll's House and The Garden Party she uses her childhood in what are her most famous New Zealand stories, stories which display her talent at its most commanding and indescribable. She saw them as part of a “novel” to be called Karori (after the suburb she grew up in) and having two story cycles about the Burnell family and the Sheridan family. Plot summary ; I : The shepherd is with his dog on Crescent Bay. ; II : Stanley Burnell goes for a swim early morning, and Jon ...
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Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the Literary modernism, modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages. Born and raised in Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, a house on Tinakori Road in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon, New Zealand, Thorndon, Mansfield was the third child in the Beauchamp family. She began school in Karori with her sisters, before attending Wellington Girls' College. The Beauchamp girls later switched to the elite Fitzherbert Terrace School, where Mansfield became friends with Maata Mahupuku, who became a muse for early work and with whom she is believed to have had a passionate relationship. Mansfield wrote short stories and poetry under a variation of her own name, Katherine Mansfield, which explored anxiety, Human sexuality, sexuality, Christianity, and existentialism alongside a developing ...
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London Mercury
''The London Mercury'' was the name of several periodicals published in London from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The earliest was a newspaper that appeared during the Exclusion Bill crisis; it lasted only 56 issues (1682). (Earlier periodicals had employed similar names: '' Mercurius Politicus,'' 1659; ''The Impartial Protestant Mercury,'' 1681.) Successor periodicals published as ''The London Mercury'' during the 18th and 19th centuries. 20th century In the 20th century, ''The London Mercury'' was the major monthly literary journal that published from 1919 to 1939. J. C. Squire served as editor from November 1919 to September 1934;Joy Grant, ''Harold Monro and the Poetry Bookshop''. University of California Press, 1967 (pp. 132-133). Rolfe Arnold Scott-James succeeded Squire as editor from October 1934 to April 1939. ''The Mercury'' purchased the smaller title, ''The Bookman'' for £800 in 1935. By late 1938 the magazine was losing money heavily on a revenue of £4000 and e ...
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The Garden Party (short Story Collection)
''The Garden Party and Other Stories'' is a 1922 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield. Stories # " At the Bay" # " The Garden Party" # "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" # " Mr and Mrs Dove" # "The Young Girl" # " Life of Ma Parker" # " Marriage à la Mode" # " The Voyage" # " Miss Brill" # " Her First Ball" # "The Singing Lesson" # " The Stranger" # "Bank Holiday" # "An Ideal Family" # "The Lady's Maid" External links ''The Garden Party and Other Stories'' by Katherine Mansfieldavailable freely at Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital li ... ''The Garden Party and Other Stories''at the British Library * ''The Garden Party (EFL/ESL Graded Readers)'' Oxford Graded ReaderMatatabi Graded Reader* 1922 short story collecti ...
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Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Sierre (district), Sierre in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Valais, Mollens, Montana, Switzerland, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana. Crans-Montana is also a ski resort that was created through the fusion of the two centres of Crans and Montana and belonged to six municipalities (Chermignon, Icogne, Lens, Valais, Lens, Mollens, Montana and Randogne), four of which merged to form the municipality of Crans-Montana. History Chermignon Chermignon is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Chermenon'' and ''Chirminon''. It became an independent municipality in 1905 when it separated from Lens, Valais, Lens.
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John Middleton Murry
John Middleton Murry (6 August 1889 – 12 March 1957) was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work. Early life John Middleton Murry was born in Peckham, London, on 6 August 1889 to John Murry (1860/1–1947), a clerk in the Inland Revenue, and Emily Wheeler (1869/70–1951). John Murry, a self-made man from an "impoverished and illiterate" background, prioritized his son's education. At the age of two, Murry was sent to the Roles Road Board School, and afterward attended the Bellendon Road Higher Grade Board School. His aunt, at ...
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Prelude (short Story)
"Prelude" is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published by the Hogarth Press in July 1918, after Virginia Woolf encouraged her to finish the story. Mansfield had begun writing "Prelude" in the midst of a love affair she had in Paris in 1915. It was reprinted in '' Bliss and Other Stories'' (1920). The story was a compressed and subtler version of a longer work The Aloe, which was later published posthumously in full. The story is based on the Beauchamps' move to Karori, a country suburb of Wellington, in 1893. Alpers says that some readers may not pick up the numerous hints that Linda is pregnant. Plot summary The story is divided into twelve sections. It opens in medias res, and it is gradually developed that the Burnell family is moving out of their house. I There isn't enough room left on the buggy for Lottie and Kezia to get in because of all the stuff from the removal. A neighbour, Mrs Samuel Josephs, will look after them until another van comes in the e ...
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The Doll's House (short Story)
"The Doll's House" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in ''The Nation and Atheneum ''The Nation and Athenaeum'', or simply ''The Nation'', was a United Kingdom political weekly newspaper with a Liberal/ Labour viewpoint. It was formed in 1921 from the merger of the '' Athenaeum'', a literary magazine published in London since ...'' on 4 February 1922 and subsequently appeared in '' The Doves' Nest and Other Stories'' (1923). Mansfield used an alternative title in other editions, including "''At Karori''". References Modernist short stories 1922 short stories Short stories by Katherine Mansfield Short stories set in New Zealand Works originally published in The Nation and Atheneum {{1920s-story-stub ...
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The Garden Party (short Story)
"The Garden Party" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published (as "The Garden-Party") in three parts in the ''Saturday Westminster Gazette'' on 4 and 11 February 1922, and the ''Weekly Westminster Gazette'' on 18 February 1922. It later appeared in ''The Garden Party and Other Stories''.Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories''
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Its luxurious setting is based on Mansfield's childhood home at 133 Tinakori Road (originally numbered 75), the second of three houses in Thorndon,

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Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the List of islands by area#Islands, 26th-largest island in the world, and the List of islands of Tasmania, surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents . The List of Australian capital cities, state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. Tasmania's main island was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples, who today generally identify as Palawa or Pakana. It is believed that Abori ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ...
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Dropsy
Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, swelling, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. Symptoms may include skin that feels tight, the area feeling heavy, and joint stiffness. Other symptoms depend on the underlying cause. Causes may include venous insufficiency, heart failure, kidney problems, low protein levels, liver problems, deep vein thrombosis, infections, kwashiorkor, angioedema, certain medications, and lymphedema. It may also occur in immobile patients (stroke, spinal cord injury, aging), or with temporary immobility such as prolonged sitting or standing, and during menstruation or pregnancy. The condition is more concerning if it starts suddenly, or pain or shortness of breath is present. Treatment depends on the underlying cause. If the underlying mechanism involves sodium retention, decreased salt intake and a diuretic ...
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Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, bridge tournaments, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among Old Age, seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to exchange infor ...
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