Prelude

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Prelude is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that portrays the inner lives and shifting dynamics of a New Zealand family through impressionistic, psychologically nuanced vignettes.

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instanceOf New Zealand literature
modernist work
short story
adaptedFrom The Aloe
linked to: Aloe
author Katherine Mansfield
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
featuresCharacter Alice the servant
Aunt Beryl
Beryl Fairfield
Kezia Burnell
Linda Burnell
Mrs Fairfield
Pat
Stanley Burnell
firstPublicationFormat book form
focusesOn inner lives of family members
shifting family dynamics
genre modernist fiction
psychological fiction
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernism
mainFamilyName Burnell family
narrativePerspective shifting third-person viewpoints
narrativeStyle impressionistic
narrativeTechnique free indirect discourse
stream of consciousness
notableFor detailed domestic realism
innovative narrative technique
psychological nuance
originalTitle The Aloe
linked to: Aloe
partOfCycle Burnell family stories
publicationYear 1918
publishedBy Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf
linked to: Virginia Woolf
publisher Hogarth Press
relatedWork At the Bay
The Doll’s House
linked to: The Doll's House
setIn a house in the New Zealand countryside
settingLocation New Zealand
settingType domestic setting
structure series of vignettes
theme childhood perception
class and domestic service
colonial New Zealand life
family relationships
female subjectivity
marriage and dissatisfaction
timePeriodOfComposition early 20th century

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