In a German Pension
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Story 1: Germans at Meat
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Story 2: The Baron
9:15 -
Story 3: The Sister of the Baroness
12:56 -
Story 4: Frau Fischer
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Story 5: Frau Brechmacher Attends a Wedding
15:50 -
Story 6: The Modern Soul
22:55 -
Story 7: At Lehmann's
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Story 8: The Luft Bad
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Story 9: A Birthday
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Story 10: The Child-Who-Was-Tired
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Story 11: The Advanced Lady
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Story 12: The Swing of the Pendulum
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Story 13: A Blaze
12:07
In a German Pension (1911) is a public domain work.
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At a German boarding house, the dinner table becomes a stage for arguments about food, health, marriage and national pride. Katherine Mansfield's 1911 collection follows conversations in which fellow guests turn an English narrator into a representative of her country. Their confident advice and personal questions give ordinary meals an uncomfortable edge. In another opening scene, the guests treat a reserved baron with elaborate respect, revealing how readily rank shapes their manners.
These short stories draw attention to the small gestures that expose self-importance: a napkin tucked into a collar, a carefully delivered postcard, an objection to warming a teapot. The middle excerpt moves from bathers discussing cures to Andreas Binzer's irritated morning thoughts about his home and servant. Readers interested in social comedy can watch Mansfield use dialogue, bodily habits and domestic detail to reveal the pressure of other people's expectations.
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- Author
- Katherine Mansfield
- Pages
- 71
- Language
- English
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