Helen HagemannWomen & Fiction: Katharine Mansfield
Looking at her short story, The Garden Party Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington as the daughter of a successful businessman. Her family was wealthy enough to afford to send her to Queen's College, London for her education. She then returned to New Zealand for two years, before going back to London to pursue a literary career. She quickly fell into the bohemian way of life lived by many artists of that era. With little money,…
