The Garden Party and other stories
Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party and other stories (1922) is a sapphic fiction and LGBTQ+ young adult fiction story collection. It deals with death, parties, social classes and lesbians.
27 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 30 editions.
It runs to roughly 255 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Garden Party and other stories
Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-covered hills at the back were smothered. You could not see where they ended and the paddocks and bungalows began. The sandy road was gone and the paddocks and bungalows the other side of it; there were no white dunes covered with reddish grass beyond them; there was nothing to mark which was beach and where was the sea.
Opening line
“Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole of Crescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist.”
Quick answers
Who wrote The Garden Party and other stories?
The Garden Party and other stories was written by Katherine Mansfield and first published in 1922.
What genre is The Garden Party and other stories?
It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and LGBTQ+ Young Adult.
How long is The Garden Party and other stories?
The median edition has 255 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Garden Party and other stories?
Readers who like it often enjoy Girls of Paper and Fire, Annie on My Mind and Some Girls Do.
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