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A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bear
Katherine Mansfield was a magician of the short story, whose work was described by Virginia Woolf as ‘the only writing I have ever been jealous of’. These eight tales show her gift for transforming fleeting moments – a chance meeting, a letter received, a careless remark – into small miracles of language and feeling.
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The Fire Next Time
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The Driver's Seat
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Chess
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The House of Hunger
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
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The Burial of the Rats
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The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian
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The Daemon Lover
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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Where Everything is Music
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Can Socialists be Happy?
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The Blazing World
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A Dog's Heart
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Transformation
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A Hunger-Artist
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Why I am a Stoic
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Lamb to the Slaughter
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A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past
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The New Dress
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Coal
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Secretary
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Thousand Cranes
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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
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The Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels
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Night Flight
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After Midnight
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A Poet Can Survive Everything But a Misprint
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Horsie
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Paris France
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The Rich Boy
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For Art and for Life
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Whatever is Rational is Tolerable
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The Umbrella
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To Read and Dream
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Some Japanese Ghosts
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The Story of an Hour
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Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven
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Lady L.
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The Prose Edda
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Requiem
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Tristessa
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Family Happiness
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Lois the Witch
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Unpacking My Library
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
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A Lost Lady
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No Coward Soul Is Mine
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Stan the Killer
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Closely Watched Trains
Born in New Zealand in 1888, Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp was primarily a writer of short stories. She published Prelude and The Garden Party and Other Stories before her premature death from TB in 1923. Something Childish and her journal and letters were published posthumously.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241746752 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241746752 |
| Title | A Dill Pickle |
| Author | Katherine Mansfield |
| Series | Penguin Archive |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-04-17 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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