A Dill Pickle
By (Author) Katherine Mansfield
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
15th July 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Interior life
Novella (Short Novel)
Paperback
128
Width 109mm, Height 179mm, Spine 7mm
82g
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bear Katherine Mansfield was a magician of the short story, whose work was described by Virginia Woolf as 'the only writing I have ever been jealous of'. These eight tales show her gift for transforming fleeting moments - a chance meeting, a letter received, a careless remark - into small miracles of language and feeling.
Born in New Zealand in 1888, Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp was primarily a writer of short stories. She published Prelude and The Garden Party and Other Stories before her premature death from TB in 1923. Something Childish and her journal and letters were published posthumously.