theflykatherinemansfield

Her allusive writing emerges from the experimental crucible of European modernism and invites comparison with her contemporaries Virginia Woolf and D.H. ...

In the story, a man is reminded of the death of his young son in the war, only to become distracted by a fly which has fallen into the inkpot on his desk.

Published in 1922, The Fly is often heralded as one of Katherine Mansfield's finest short stories. But it does not reward lazy readers! Your enjoyment of this ...

THE FLY (1922). By Katherine Mansfield. “Y'are very snug in here,” piped old Mr. Woodifield, and he peered out of the great, green leather armchair by his ...

The Fly is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield wrote the story in February 1922 at the Victoria Palace Hotel in Montparnasse, Paris.

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield .. Y'are very snug in here, piped old Mr. Woodifield, and he peered out of the great, green-leather armchair by his friend ...

The fly symbolizes perseverance and grief as well as death. While the fly struggles to survive a near-drowning in an inkwell, it perseveres through hardship ...

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888, Katherine Mansfield moved to England at the age of 19 to pursue a career as a writer. Writing literary sketches led to ...

Title: The Fly. Author: Katherine Mansfield. In: The Doves' Nest and Other Stories. Publication details: Constable and Company Limited, 1923, London. Part of ...

Katherine Mansfield's short story “The Fly” first appeared in the British publication The Nation and Athenaeum in 1922. Set in the shadow of World War I, ...