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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Daughters of the Late Colonel canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist literature work
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short story ⓘ |
| approximateLength | short ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthName | Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fear of authority
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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
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difficulty of making decisions ⓘ internalized oppression ⓘ |
| fatherCharacterDescription | domineering colonel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The London Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Garden Party and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyEvent | death of the sisters' father ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important example of Mansfield's late style ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Constantia Pinner
NERFINISHED
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Josephine Pinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person limited ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship | sisters ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Constable & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Bliss
NERFINISHED
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Prelude ⓘ The Garden Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | an English household ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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melancholic ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
free indirect discourse
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
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