Bliss and Other Stories, Katherine Mansfield
Bliss and Other Stories, Katherine Mansfield
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Bliss and Other Stories

Author: Katherine Mansfield

Narrator: Naomi Barton, Sarah Bacaller, Kylie Elliott, Lisa Giles, Amy Soakes, Erin Marie White, Susannah Fullerton, various narrators

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2024


Synopsis

This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.CONTENTS:Prelude - Je ne Parle pas Français - 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

About Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated authors. Many of her short stories explore New Zealand identity and its landscapes, and her work has been a shaping force of the short story genre. Mansfield moved to England at the age of nineteen where she lived a bohemian life and associated with members of the Bloomsbury group, challenging many social norms of her time. She died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-two after seeking various treatments throughout Europe.

About Naomi Barton

Until recently, Naomi Barton traveled the world as an International School Drama teacher with her husband and two daughters. This enabled her to collect many different stories, accents, and adventures. As well as listening to audio, she loves to groom her Ragdoll cats, play with watercolour paints, and support her teenage daughters to be the most amazing young women they can be. Her interpretive skills combined with her passion for voice work is just part of what she brings to audiobook narration.

About Sarah Bacaller

Sarah Bacaller is a writer, researcher, and audiobook narrator from Melbourne, Australia. She co-directs Voices of Today, an Australian audiobook production company, and has narrated over seventy commercial audiobooks. 

About Amy Soakes

Amy Soakes is an Australian voice actor with over twenty years of experience both in performing and production. She has produced over eight hundred video segments and voiced over a thousand television shows, corporate videos, training programs, and commercials. An expert in utilizing accents, she has been narrating audiobooks for more than four years.

About Erin Marie White

Erin Marie White is an Australian voice-over talent known for her youthful, warm, and expressive voice.

About Susannah Fullerton

Susannah Fullerton, OAM FRS, has been President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia for over twenty-five years. She is Patron of the Kipling Society of Australia, a founding member of the NSW Dickens Society, and of the Australian Bronte Association. Susannah is Sydney’s best-known lecturer on classic novels. She lectures regularly at the Art Gallery of NSW, at the State Library of NSW, at conferences, schools, and libraries around Australia and overseas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by JimZ on February 26, 2023

I do not know what possessed me to read this short story collection. I had it in one of my bookcases and I had run out of my library books to read. I really need to read more of the books that I have. 😐 😑 😬 I also have a nice copy of “The Garden Party and Other Stories” by this author. She died at a......more

Read via the Audrey reading experience app. I really enjoyed these short stories. Audrey gives an immersive reading experience, with the book narrated superbly by Juliet Stevenson, and the extra information adds new fascinating elements from the Guide, Sophie. After each story, we are able to gain furt......more

Goodreads review by Myriam on March 19, 2022

Cuentos perfectos. Narran hechos de la vida cotidiana que, aun cien años después, tienen una belleza que duele. En varios aparece el tema de las diferencias sociales y todos transmiten tristeza y soledad. Los primeros del libro me fascinaron: “Felicidad”, “La mosca” y “La casa de muñecas”. Será mejor......more

Goodreads review by Ali on August 19, 2012

It is possibly surprising that I had not read any Katherine Mansfield before now, but I am fairly sure that I hadn’t. I downloaded this collection to my kindle free – there are so many amazing free books to be found out there! I must say that I always find it quite difficult to review collections of......more