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4. BTLEW Katherine Mansfield (1888—1923), British short-story writer, was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She is considered one of the greatest of the short-story form. At the age of 18 she in London to study music and to herself as a writer. In 1918 she married English literary ， John Middleton Murry. I. Dictation Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle masters settled establish critic To be continued on the next page. Answers

5. BTLEW Mansfield's middle class provided the setting for many of her stories and mortality—perhaps due to her illness— dominated her writing. Her years were burdened with, illness, jealousy and —all reflected from her work in the bitter of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters. I. Dictation Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle background creative loneliness alienation depiction To be continued on the next page. Answers

6. BTLEW As a New Zealand's most famous writer, she was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf. Her short stories are also notable for their use of. Much influenced by Russian writer Anton Chekhov, Mansfield depicted events and _____ changes in human behavior. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle trivial stream of consciousness subtle Answers I. Dictation The end of Dictation.

7. BTLEW Camomile Tea Outside the sky is light with stars; There's a hollow roaring from the sea. And, alas! for the little almond flowers, The wind is shaking the almond tree. How little I thought, a year ago, In the horrible cottage upon the Lee That he and I should be sitting so And sipping a cup of camomile tea. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle ——by Katherine Mansfield II. Poem Appreciation

8. BTLEW Light as feathers the witches fly, The horn of the moon is plain to see; By a firefly under a jonquil flower A goblin toasts a bumble-bee. We might be fifty, we might be five, So snug, so compact, so wise are we! Under the kitchen-table leg My knee is pressing against his knee. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle Camomile Tea II. Poem Appreciation

9. BTLEW Our shutters are shut, the fire is low, The tap is dripping peacefully; The saucepan shadows on the wall Are black and round and plain to see. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle Camomile Tea The end of Poem Appreciation. II. Poem Appreciation

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