Description
A seemingly ordinary evening becomes extraordinary for Bertha Young when she prepares to host a dinner party for friends. As the night unfolds, Mansfield traces the delicate shifts of feeling—small gestures, fleeting impressions, and the private thoughts that surface beneath social performance—until Bertha is briefly overwhelmed by a sense of “bliss.” Set within a comfortable middle-class world, the story turns on modernist attention to perception, revealing how joy and unease can coexist in the same moment. With Mansfield’s signature lyrical precision and psychological insight, this classic 1918 tale captures the fragile, transformative power of everyday life.
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hardcover
Penguin Classics
Published Jan 1, 2024
ISBN: 9780241619797
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First Published
1918
Language
eng
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