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Katherine Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp) was born in Thorndon, New Zealand in 1888. Her family were wealthy and influential. In 1903, Katherine and her family moved to the UK. She attended Queens College, London, and developed an interest in writing. Upon graduation, she decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1911, Katherine published In a German Pension, a collection of thirteen short stories. From 1915 to 1917, she wrote numerous short stories, including The Wind Blows (1915), Prelude (1917), and A Dill Pickle (1917). She became known as a master of short stories. In 1917, at the age of 29, Katherine developed tuberculosis. To get away from the cold winter in the UK, she moved to France. One of the most significant stories she wrote during her stay in France was Je ne Parle pas Français (1920) [I do not Speak French]. In 1921, Katherine travelled to Switzerland for medical treatment. Stories that she wrote in Switzerland include The Doll's House (1921), The Garden Party (1922), and her last story, The Canary (1923), in which a lonely woman describes her pet canary that has passed away. In October 1922, Katherine returned to France. In January 1923, she died at the age of 34 after running up some stairs. She was buried in Avon.

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield book cover

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield

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Original Works by Katharine Hughes book cover

Original Works by Katharine Hughes

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The Complete Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Six Volumes and the Unfinished Collection - Unabridged book cover

The Complete Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Six Volumes and the Unfinished Collection - Unabridged

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume II - Unabridged book cover

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume II - Unabridged

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume III - Unabridged book cover

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume III - Unabridged

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume I - Unabridged book cover

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield - Volume I - Unabridged

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The Garden Party And Other Stories book cover

The Garden Party And Other Stories

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The Garden Party and Other Stories (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) book cover

The Garden Party and Other Stories (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

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Strange Bliss book cover

Strange Bliss

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Bliss, and Other Stories book cover

Bliss, and Other Stories

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The Garden Party and Other Stories book cover

The Garden Party and Other Stories

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In a German Pension book cover

In a German Pension

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The Garden Party and Other Stories book cover

The Garden Party and Other Stories

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In a German Pension book cover

In a German Pension

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The Complete Short Stories book cover

The Complete Short Stories

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The Garden Party and Other Stories book cover

The Garden Party and Other Stories

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The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield book cover

The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield

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At the Bay book cover

At the Bay

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The Garden Party book cover

The Garden Party

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The Garden Party book cover

The Garden Party

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