Bliss, and Other Stories


Read by Peter Dann

(4.5 stars; 4 reviews)

"(N)ot to say that they are cheerful stories; they are anything but that; they have not, however, that element of trivial discomfort so dominant in modern fiction", a critic wrote in the Spectator on the publication of this, the second of Mansfield's collections of short stories in book form. There is a wide range of forms and subjects here. Some of these stories are bold, early forays into literary territory that Mansfield's frenemy Virginia Woolf would later triumphantly stake out as her own. The adult male characters tend to be perversely wooden, the central female characters often verge on states of ecstasy or frank neuroticism, while ever present in the background are children, whose experiences are nearly always treated with great tenderness and sympathy. (Summary by Peter Dann) (6 hr 31 min)

Chapters

Prelude, parts 1 to 6 47:41 Read by Peter Dann
Prelude — parts 7 to 12 49:56 Read by Peter Dann
Je ne Parle pas Français 1:03:27 Read by Peter Dann
Bliss 29:00 Read by Peter Dann
The Wind Blows 10:47 Read by Peter Dann
Psychology 17:05 Read by Peter Dann
Pictures 18:37 Read by Peter Dann
The Man without a Temperament 30:52 Read by Peter Dann
Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day 19:49 Read by Peter Dann
Sun and Moon 13:19 Read by Peter Dann
Feuille d’Album 13:18 Read by Peter Dann
A Dill Pickle 16:16 Read by Peter Dann
The Little Governess 33:20 Read by Peter Dann
Revelations 15:03 Read by Peter Dann
The Escape 13:03 Read by Peter Dann

Reviews

Great writing and reading. Thank you.


(5 stars)

Great writing and reading. Thank you.

Awesome!


(5 stars)

The writing is stunningly good. The reading fantastic.