The compelling and intimate story of one of the world's foremost short story writers Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. The story takes us beyond Mansfield's death in 1923 to explore the life of her husband, John Middleton Murry - and his relationship with three further wives - as he manipulated the posthumous ...
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The compelling and intimate story of one of the world's foremost short story writers Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. The story takes us beyond Mansfield's death in 1923 to explore the life of her husband, John Middleton Murry - and his relationship with three further wives - as he manipulated the posthumous publication of Mansfield's unpublished work. In this vivid portrayal of one of the world's foremost short story writers, the first new biography for a quarter of a century, Kathleen Jones crafts an intriguing narrative of Katherine Mansfield's relationships, illnesses and creativity.
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New. 2011. Reprint. Paperback. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822. The Story-Teller. 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight: 822......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is undoubtedly one of the best biographies I?ve read. It?s almost a dual biography of Katherine Mansfield and her husband John Middleton Murry. The sections dealing with Mansfield are written in the first person, which I found strange and was concerned wouldn?t work. Fear not ? it does.
The sections on Murry, dealing with his second, third and fourth marriages, are interspersed with the sections on Mansfield?s life ? again, odd. Wouldn?t it have been better to put all the chapters about Murry?s subsequent life together at the end? No; because by moving back and forth, Kathleen Jones shows how Murry?s life after Mansfield?s death was haunted by his first wife. She also shows the jealousy that his second and third wives suffered over a woman who was the third person in their marriages.
It?s a very big book (463 pages of text), but even though it took a while to read, it held my attention and could have been even longer and still readable. Even though it sounds a bit of a cliché, it really is one of those books that the reader doesn?t want to end.
