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Bliss, and Other Stories

Gelesen von Peter Dann

(4,5 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

"(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

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Psychology

17:05

Read by Peter Dann

Pictures

18:37

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The Man without a Temperament

30:52

Read by Peter Dann

Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day

19:49

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Sun and Moon

13:19

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Feuille d’Album

13:18

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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

Bewertungen

Great writing and reading. Thank you.

(5 Sterne)

Great writing and reading. Thank you.

Awesome!

(5 Sterne)

The writing is stunningly good. The reading fantastic.