Katherine Mansfield 
Bliss, and Other Stories 

Mansfield’s Bliss, and Other Stories, published in 1920, secured the author’s literary reputation. While readers and critics at the time generally lauded the short fiction collection, a few reviewers objected to its controversial subject matter – infidelities, discussions of sexuality, cruel and superficial characters. Today ‘Bliss’ is one of Mansfield’s most frequently anthologized stories and still resonates with modern readers.