In a German Pension: A Quick Read edition
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This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 9 minutes
"In a German Pension" is a collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, published in 1911. Most of the stories were originally published in The New Age, with the first story being "The Child-Who-Was-Tired." The collection was published by Stephen Swift & Co Ltd, and there were multiple impressions of the book. Mansfield refused permission for a reprint in 1920, but her husband John Middleton Murry reprinted them after her death. The stories were written after Mansfield's stay in a German spa town in 1909, reflecting on German habits and the exploitation of women. One story, "A Birthday," is set in turn-of-the-century Thorndon and is based on Mansfield's father. The collection includes stories such as "Germans at Meat," "The Baron," and "Frau Fischer.
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This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.
- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours
- Reading time of the summarized text: 9 minutes
"In a German Pension" is a collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, published in 1911. Most of the stories were originally published in The New Age, with the first story being "The Child-Who-Was-Tired." The collection was published by Stephen Swift & Co Ltd, and there were multiple impressions of the book. Mansfield refused permission for a reprint in 1920, but her husband John Middleton Murry reprinted them after her death. The stories were written after Mansfield's stay in a German spa town in 1909, reflecting on German habits and the exploitation of women. One story, "A Birthday," is set in turn-of-the-century Thorndon and is based on Mansfield's father. The collection includes stories such as "Germans at Meat," "The Baron," and "Frau Fischer.
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