![]() ![]() (Some commentators believe Beryl has the future before her as well.) Over multiple viewpoints Mansfield shows that Kezia still has the future before her. This seems to be Mansfield’s practice story for the Burnells.Ĭommentaries on this story fall into two main categories: THE EMPHASIS-ON-PRELUDES READING Then there’s a lesser known Mansfield short story called “ New Dresses“. ![]() High school teachers commonly teach “ The Doll’s House” as an introduction to other (Mansfield) short stories, as it has a very clear plot and symbol web. The themes and motifs of “ At The Bay” align so closely to “ Prelude” that we might consider these two stories a diptych. Although Mansfield also populates “The Doll’s House” with the same characters. The other stories starring the Burnell family are “ At the Bay” and “ The Doll’s House“. ![]() Katherine Mansfield wrote “Prelude” in 1916 then revised it the following year. “Prelude” is the first in a trilogy of interlinked short stories. ![]()
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