Bliss (short story collection)

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Bliss and Other Stories is a 1920 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield.

Contents

Stories

  1. "Prelude" (1918)
  2. "Je ne parle pas français" (1917) (censored for collection; [1] see article)
  3. "Bliss" (1918)
  4. "The Wind Blows" (1920)
  5. "Psychology" (1920)
  6. "Pictures" (1917)
  7. "The Man Without a Temperament" (1920)
  8. "Mr Reginald Peacock's Day" (1920)
  9. "Sun and Moon" (1920)
  10. "Feuille d'Album" (1917)
  11. "A Dill Pickle" (1917)
  12. "The Little Governess" (1915)
  13. "Revelations" (1920)
  14. "The Escape" (1920)

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  1. Alpers 1984, pp. 560, 561.