Essays on The Garden Party

The Garden Party: Laura’s Interrupted Journey to Womanhood The short story ‘The Garden Party’, was penned by Katherine Mason, a burgeoning short story writer from New Zealand, and the story was first published in 1922 in “The Garden Party and Other Stories.” This short story…

Social and Economic Classes in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” Words like “wealthy”, “perfect”, “charming”, and “happy” accurately describe what you first see when you look at the Sheridan family in Katherine Mansfield’s story, “The Garden Party”. While words like “unsophisticated”, “grieving”, “poor”, and “wretched”…

Party Hat In The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield, Laura Sheridan’s inability to escape the social caste system is represented by her extravagant hat. While Laura grapples with class distinctions and accepting her role in an upper-class family, her relatives have been fully socially conditioned…