"Her First Ball" is a short story by English writer Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere in 1921, and later included in Mansfield's collection The Garden Party and Other Stories. In the story, an eighteen-year-old girl named Leila comes from the country to attend her first dance with her cousins from the city. Leila is in awe of the spectacle until an older man dances with her and makes her think about the future. The story explores themes such as gender, family, and youth.
Short story writer Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is noted for her short stories with themes relating to women's lives and social hierarchies as well as her sense of wit and characterizations.Katheri...
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Even before she died at the age of thirty-four Katherine Mansfield had achieved a reputation as one of the most talented writers of the modern short story in English. From 1910 publications in periodi...
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Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield