The Garden Party, and Other Stories
By Katherine Mansfield
Cover: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885-86), oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1925)
Katherine Mansfield's 1922 collection includes the title story of a wealthy family's garden party and a poor family's grief next door. Her stories capture moments of feeling with exact detail and a modernist lightness.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.