The Daughters of the Late Colonel

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The Daughters of the Late Colonel is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that portrays two sheltered sisters struggling with grief, freedom, and indecision after their domineering father’s death.

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The Daughters of the Late Colonel canonical 2

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instanceOf modernist literature work
short story
approximateLength short
author Katherine Mansfield
authorBirthName Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp
linked to: Katherine Mansfield
authorNationality New Zealand
centralTheme fear of authority
female repression
freedom
grief
habit and routine
indecision
patriarchy
collectionPublicationYear 1922
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception widely studied in modernist scholarship
explores constraints on unmarried women
difficulty of making decisions
internalized oppression
fatherCharacterDescription domineering colonel
firstPublicationYear 1921
firstPublishedIn The London Mercury
linked to: London Mercury
form prose fiction
genre modernist fiction
psychological fiction
includedInCollection The Garden Party and Other Stories
linked to: The Garden Party
keyEvent death of the sisters' father
language English
literaryMovement modernism
literarySignificance important example of Mansfield's late style
mainCharacter Constantia Pinner
Josephine Pinner
narrativeStyle third-person limited
protagonistRelationship sisters
publisherOfCollection Constable & Co.
relatedWorkByAuthor Bliss
Prelude
The Garden Party
settingPeriod early 20th century
settingPlace an English household
tone ironic
melancholic
usesTechnique free indirect discourse
stream of consciousness

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Katherine Mansfield notableWork The Daughters of the Late Colonel
Bliss and Other Stories containsWork The Daughters of the Late Colonel