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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ