Status Updates From In a German Pension

“There now, you see, that’s what you’re coming to! Who ever heard of having children upon vegetables? It is not possible. But you never have large families in England now; I suppose you are too busy with your suffragetting.” Lmao not the vegetarian feminist being the root of society’s decline according to conservatives, 100 years ago as much as today apparently.

A collection of perfect short stories, often which grapple between the power dynamics of men and women and class differences. Though most were only a few pages, it’s incredibly impressive how Mansfield, in her young talent, was able to convey each story with such detail, and though I felt like each was part of a bigger story I wanted to know more of, it was so satisfied with the length of what she chose to write.