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Claire Harman

Where to start with: Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield.
Modernist pioneer … Katherine Mansfield. Illustration: Guardian Design

Katherine Mansfield – the only writer, Virginia Woolf said, that she had ever been jealous of – was known for her modernist short stories that explored anxiety and sexuality. This month sees the 100th anniversary of her death so now is as good a time as any to get stuck in if you’ve never given the New Zealand writer a try before. Biographer Claire Harman suggests some good ways in.

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