Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different era and in a vastly different English. Her language is as transparent as clean glass, yet hovers on the edge of poetry. Her characters are passionate men and women swaddled in English reserve—and sometimes briefly breaking through. And her genius is to pinpoint those unacknowledged and almost imperceptible moments in which those people's relationships—with one another and themselves—change forever. This collection [of 28 stories] includes such masterpieces as "Prelude," "At the Bay" "Bliss," "The Man Without a Temperament" and "The Garden Party" and has a new introduction by Jeffrey Meyers. Introduction / Jeffrey Meyers—Tiredness of Rosabell (written 1908; published 1924) — Baron (1910) — Modern (1911) — Woman at the store (1912) — Ole underwood (1913) — Little governess (1915) — Prelude (1918) — At the bay (1922) — Psychology (1920) — Bliss (1918) — Je ne Parle Pas Francais (1920) — Sun and moon (1920) — This flower (1924) — Man with a temperament (1920) — Revelations (1920) — Young girl (1920) — Stranger (1921) — Daughters of the late Colonel (1921) — Life of Ma parker 91921) — Singing lesson (1921) — Voyage(1921) — Garden-party (1922) — Miss Brill(1920) — Marriage a la mode (1921) — Doll's house (1922) — Doves' nest t(1923) — Six years after (1923) — Fly (1923).