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'''Miss Brill''' is a 1920 short story by [[Katherine Mansfield]]. It was first published the ''[[Athenaeum (magazine)|Athenaeum]]'' on 26 November 1920, and later reprinted in ''The Garden Party and Other Stories''.<ref>Katherine Mansfield, ''Selected Stories'', Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes</ref> |
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==Plot summary== |
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The story is about Miss Brill, a middle-aged English teacher in an unnamed French vacation town. It follows her on a regular Sunday afternoon in the park, which she spends walking and sitting in the park, wearing an old but beloved eiderdown fur. She sees the world as if it were a stage, and enjoys watching the people around her, often judging them condescendingly. However, she then overhears a young couple's cruel remark about herself, and the story ends with her realizing that she is not really needed in the busy world. |
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==Characters== |
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*'''Miss Brill''', an English teacher |
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*many other passers-by |
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==Major Motifs== |
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*loneliness |
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*illusion versus reality |
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*rejection |
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*isolation |
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*play |
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==Literary significance== |
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The text is written in the [[modernist]] mode, third-person limited point of view, without a set structure |
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==Footnotes== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-ManGard-t1-g1-t9.html Full Text (New Zealand Electronic Text Centre)] |
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*[http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mansfield/garden/brill.html Full Text] |
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{{Katherine Mansfield}} |
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[[Category:Modernist texts]] |
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[[Category:1920 short stories]] |
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[[Category:Short stories by Katherine Mansfield]] |
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Revision as of 20:10, 17 September 2008
Miss Brill is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published the Athenaeum on 26 November 1920, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories.[1]
Plot summary
The story is about Miss Brill, a middle-aged English teacher in an unnamed French vacation town. It follows her on a regular Sunday afternoon in the park, which she spends walking and sitting in the park, wearing an old but beloved eiderdown fur. She sees the world as if it were a stage, and enjoys watching the people around her, often judging them condescendingly. However, she then overhears a young couple's cruel remark about herself, and the story ends with her realizing that she is not really needed in the busy world.
Characters
- Miss Brill, an English teacher
- many other passers-by
Major Motifs
- loneliness
- illusion versus reality
- rejection
- isolation
- play
Literary significance
The text is written in the modernist mode, third-person limited point of view, without a set structure
Footnotes
- ^ Katherine Mansfield, Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics, explanatory notes
External links
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