A Cup of Tea is a 1922 short story by New Zealander Katherine Mansfield, who died of tuberculosis in 1923 when she was 34 years old.
You can read the story online here. It begins with this:
Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No, you couldn't have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well, if you took her to pieces ... but why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young, brilliant, extremely modern, exquisitely well dressed, amazingly well read in the newest of the new books, and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and... artists -quaint creatures, discoveries of hers, some of them too terrifying for words, but others quite presentable and amusing.You can listen to it thanks to LibriVox:
You can see photographs of her home and garden online here.
There's a weekly blogger gathering hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth where you can join in sharing a drink. You'll be welcomed.
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I love the story, thanks for sharing. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteto die at this Young Age, what a pity.
ReplyDeletebtw, i looked up "curd" from the recipe. i think it is also called "curd cheese", no flavour.
and the flour in the recipe is coconut flour. never heard of this before, but it was available in our Supermarket. has a nice decent coconut smell. and the coconut flakes are only for deco after the baking. hope that helps.
happy t-day!
Happy T day Divers!!! So glad we could visit this week....Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteHappy T Day and thank you for the link to the book
ReplyDeleteAn interesting post
Love Chrissie xx
Happy T Day-enjoy your week
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, I enjoyed finding out more about the writer and her home on the link you provided, and her garden looks so beautiful. Happy T Tuesday! J :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book link.
ReplyDeleteHappy T day.
Yvonne xx
Hmmm... Maybe I can listen to this book during a long drive. Thanks for the link. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the story link - I will come back to listen though as it is nearly time for bed! Happy T day! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteYour always come up with the most interesting stories :) THanks for sharing HAPPY T DAY!
ReplyDeleteShort of time tor read this morning, but I will be back. I've read some of her stories and she's a great author. Hope all is dry and bright. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteWonderful story. Thanks for sharing. Happy Day AFter T Day
ReplyDeleteStill true today. One can have everything and still be deeply insecure. ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy T-day, D! You always find the most unique beverage references for our T-party.
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