Group readaloud: Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield
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This is a read-aloud session, with all text shared on-screen, and discussions of what we just read between rounds – like a small-group seminar. There are no prerequisites.
In this session, we'll read (starting promptly at 5pm) a short analysis of "Miss Brill"; the story we read twice last week, followed by "Bliss".
"Woolf felt such a violent distaste for “Bliss” that, upon first reading the story in the prestigious English Review in August 1918, she threw her copy of the magazine across the room. Writing in her diary, Woolf criticized the quality of Mansfield’s writing – but it seems likely that her dislike for “Bliss” was far more personal." (from https://www.thecollector.com/katherine-mansfield-short-stories-to-read/)
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Latecomers (unless we know you) will generally NOT BE ADMITTED once the reading starts. If this is your first time with us, consider joining five minutes early, so we can work out any technical issues you may be having.