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Short stories: A birthday -- The wind blows -- Prelude -- The doll's house.
Presents the major aspects of Mansfield's life in a short biography, showing how Mansfield's upbringing in New Zealand influenced her later work. The four stories illustrate the way in which Mansfield transmuted personal fact into universal fiction as she drew on her memories of Wellington to create a world that others could understand 'as if it were their own'.