“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!
Kathleen Thompson Norris was born in San Francisco, California on 16 July 1880. When she was 19 both her parents died. As the oldest...
It’s “Winesburg, Ohio” again this week. The next 3 stories are “Respectability” “The Thinker” and “Tandy”. Some believe that Anderson took stories and characters...
Although Glaspell is known for her feminist works, this story is told from the perspective of a displaced male in American society. (When listening...