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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Prelude canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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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