A little girl in a story by this author taunts two classmates for their father being in prison and ostracizes them for wearing clothes made out of a tablecloth and curtains. In a story by this author, two women stand together “caught in that circle of unearthly light, understanding each other perfectly,” with metaphorical “silver flowers” dropping from their hair and hands. Else whispers “I seen the little lamp” after Kezia lets her see the title object in her backyard at the end of a story by this author about the old Mrs. Hay’s gift to the Burnell family. Eddie claims “Tomato soup is so dreadfully eternal” in a story by this author that ends with the protagonist seeing her husband in a secret embrace with a woman with whom she had earlier gazed at a pear tree. For 10 points, name this author of “The Doll’s House” who wrote about Bertha Young’s realization her husband is having an affair with Pearl Fulton in her story “Bliss.” ■END■
ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield [or Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp; or Kathleen Mansfield Murry]
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