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The Collected Fiction of ,

Edited by Gerri and Vincent O'Sullivan

Mansfield, Katherine digitalisiert durch: The Edinburgh edition of the collected works of Katherine ... IDS Luzern 2012- Contents

Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations and Textual Note xi Chronology xiii Introduction xix

Fiction

Enna Blake 3

A Happy Christmas Eve 5

The Great Examination 7

The Pine Tree, The Sparrows, and You and I Misunderstood She A True Tale was a big bare house' 'I am afraid I be very Two with One Moral

Die Einsame (The Lonely One) 20 Your Birthday 22 One Day 24

About Pat 29 CONTENTS

My Potplants Les Deux Etrangeres 3 5 Juliet 37 '"I was never happy", Huia said' Memories 63 The Tale of the Three 64

66 Vignette: Summer in Winter 66 Summer Idyll 67 Night Swiftly She and the Boy; or the Story of the 73 'She unpacked her box' Vignettes Vignette: Through the Afternoon Silhouettes 83 In the Botanical Gardens 84 In a Cafe Leves 89 The Story of Pearl Button Vignette: Sunset Tuesday 'On waking next morning' 94 An 97 Vignette: Westminster Cathedral 'She on the broad 99 The Man, the Monkey and the Mask

The Education of Audrey Juliette Delacour The Unexpected Must Happen Vignette: By the Sea In Summer The Yellow Chrysanthemum The Thoughtful Her Literary Aspirations Vignette: They are a ridiculous Company The Thoughtful Child Rewa The Tiredness of Rosabel Study: The Death of a Rose 'Youth and Age' CONTENTS

Vignette: 'I out through the window' Almost a Tragedy: The Cars on Lambton Quay

A God, One Day on Mount Olympus 'He her again on the Pier at Prose His Sister's Keeper

The 8 Germans at Meat Mary The Baron The Luftbad At Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding The Sister of the Baroness Frau Fischer A Fairy Story

A Birthday 206 The Modern Soul The Festival of the Coronation The Journey to Bruges 224 Being a Truthful Adventure 229 The Advanced Lady 234 The Swing of the Pendulum

The Green Tree - A Fairy Tale 255

A Marriage of Passion At the Club 266 The at the Store 268 Green Goggles 277 Tales of a Courtyard 280 How Pearl Button was Kidnapped Spring in a New Dresses The Little Girl The House 304 Cockatoo CONTENTS

Epilogue I: Pension Seguin 322 326 Epilogue II Bains Turcs Old Tar Maata 344 Young Country 365 Rose

Something Childish But Very Natural 373 K.T. and her sister 388 Hydrangeas 389 'There is always something wonderfully touching' 392

Brave Love 398 422 The Beautiful Miss Richardson 433 Spring 435 Rough Sketch 439 Autumns: I Autumns: II 454 458 The Dark Hollow 462 The Aloe

Appendix A: Plan of Maata Appendix B: Unpublished stories in King's College London 529 Index of First Lines Index of Stories The Collected Fiction of Katherine

Edited by and Vincent O'Sullivan Contents

Abbreviations and Textual Note ix

Fiction

That 3 Last Words to Youth 4 The Laureis 5

The Lost Toots Two Tuppenny Ones, Please 22 Late at Night 24 The Black Cap 27 In Confidence The Common Round A Pic-Nic Mr Reginald Peacock's Day 49 56 Feuille

Je ne parle pas

The Boy with the Jackdaw To the Last Moment Carnation Love in 'Did M, a grey dressing CONTENTS

'A stupid, Keeping Up 'Don't you think it be

A Suburban Fairy Tale 'It was neither dark nor in the cabin' See-Saw Pictures first husband was a pawnbroker'

Late Spring This Flower The Man Without a Temperament The Wrong House Revelations The Escape A Dance at 222 Bank Holiday 223 The Wind 226 The Young Girl 230 The Singing Lesson 235 The Stranger 240 Miss 250 Poison 255 The Maid The Daughters of the Late Colonel 266 There is No wer 284 You Love Me - Still? 287 Tea on the Train 289

Life of Ma Parker 292 'After a succession' 297 300 Susannah 307 Such a Sweet Old Lady 309 Sixpence An Ideal Family Hat with a Feather Her First 324 Marriage Mode 330 CONTENTS

Widowed 338 342 372 A Married Man's Story 379 Second Violin All Serene! 394 By Moonlight 398 The Garden Party The Doll's House Six Years After Weak Heart 426 Daphne 429 'I suppose doctor' 434 'Carriages are not allowed' 434 'It so softly, so gently' 'On her way back to the garden' 436 'What was there about that little house' The Pessimist 438 The Sisters 442 'Lucien's was a 443 Honesty 444

The Doves' Nest 448 Taking the 467 Mr and Mrs Williams 472 The 476 480 The New Baby 'Have you seen cosmias dear?' 484 A Man and His Dog 486 Honeymoon 488 'It was the late 493 A Family Dance 'Behind the - deux pas de l'hotel' 497 Father and the Girls My Darling 502 The 503 Our 504 'One great advantage' 505 are certain human beings' 507 A Bad 509 CONTENTS

Appendix A: Attributed Stories The Breidenbach Family in England The Mating of Gwendolyn A Flirtation 523 The Wild Rabbit: A Fantasy of the Future 529

Bibliography 533 Index of First Lines Index of Stories 539