The Doll's House: A story steeped in symbolism exploring serious themes such as class and friendship

Katherine Mansfield was born on 14th October 1888 into a prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand the middle child of five.

A gifted Cello player, at one point she thought she might take it up professionally the young Katherine's first writings were published in school magazines.

At 19 Katherine left for Great Britain and met the modernist writers D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf with whom she became close friends.

She travelled to Europe before returning to New Zealand in 1906 she began to...