“The Garden Party” and “Mr. and Mrs. Dove”. Mansfield once said “Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." She was among an emerging female professional class and saw herself as a writer first, a woman second. The death of her young brother, Leslie, in the First World War devastated her and she found solace in her remembrance of the country of their childhood. These remembrances were transformed into some of her finest writing of which “The Garden Party” is one. Enjoy!
Here we have two stories by Ambrose Bierce, in honor of Veterans Day: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and “The Crime at Pickett's...
Chekhov studied to be a Dr. He once said "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...
These two stories are about marriage, one from a man’s perspective and one from a woman’s. It is interesting that Mansfield would choose to...