famous short story The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield

The mother in Katherine Mansfields famous short story The Garden Party, published in 1921 and printed below, behaves like a child. Throughout this fierce critique of middle-class ruthlessness, the apparently charming retreat into childish insouciance, made by almost all the characters, is portrayed as a grotesque cover for their brutality, though never satirised beyond the bounds of realism.

My dear child, its no use asking me Forget I am your mother, the mother says, when asked for help in organising a garden party to take place in the evening. Later she says: My darling child, you wouldnt like a logical mother would you? Not only the mother, but the sisters of the storys young heroine Laura are utterly self-absorbed, refusing to take anything seriously except themselves:
Katherine Mansfield The Garden Party read by Eve Karpfe produced by Robert Nichol Audioproductions London
Full unabridged story time 37 minutes

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[magjac34]

can you post the rest of the story?

this was the best recording ive heard...

[AudiobooksMP3]

I will try to add more later -its a 37 minute story and the info box has the download details if you can not wait.

glad you liked it -Eve has a great voice

( she is also the voice for Denis the Menace on tv )

[itsthirdy]

@AudiobooksMP3 where's the continuation? haha it's my assgnment...just kidding

[2ndnickthegreek992]

I've just finished reading this short story, because we're going to study it at universe, it's a brilliant, really inspirated creation. I'm Greek and I'm very content with choosing English Philology to study after school. Congratulations for your upload! (I hope that my english is good, I'm just a first-grade) :D

[anna2anna]

Is there by any chance an audio version of "Her First Ball" available?

[Kupcake1100]

lol coolieo!! xD i just typed in something random and clicked on this baahaha!!

[AudiobooksMP3]

Hey thanks Geni -they were fun to record,

The old ones are the best!