How Long to Read Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics)

How Long Does it Take to Read Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics)?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 55 minutes to read Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics) by Katherine Mansfield

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of her period, that capture with accuracy those emotionally-charged moments when an individual is most revealing. Prelude -- Je ne parle pas francais -- Bliss -- The wind blows -- Psychology -- Pictures -- The man without a temperament -- Mr. Reginald Peacock's day -- Sun and moon -- Feuille d'album -- A dill pickle --The little governess -- Revelations -- The escape Kathleen Mansfield Murry (14 October 1888 - 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. At 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a friend of modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In 1917 she was diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at the age of 34.Mansfield was born Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in 1888 into a socially prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand. Her father was a banker and she was a cousin of the author Countess Elizabeth von Arnim. She had two older sisters, a younger sister and a younger brother, born in 1894. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, became the chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was knighted. Her grandfather was Arthur Beauchamp, who briefly represented the Picton electorate in Parliament. In 1893 the Mansfield family moved from Thorndon to Karori, where Mansfield spent the happiest years of her childhood. She used some of her memories of this time as an inspiration for the "Prelude" story...

How long is Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics)?

Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics) by Katherine Mansfield is 114 pages long, and a total of 28,956 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 35% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 38 minutes to read Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics) aloud.

What Reading Level is Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics)?

Bliss and Other Stories , by Katherine Mansfield (Original Classics) is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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