madii ੈ✩ ♡'s Reviews > The Daughters Of The Late Colonel: Short Story

a simple but powerful feminist text meditating on the repression of women and the ways it manifests in all aspects of their behaviour. following constantia and josephine navigating their lives after the death of their tyrannical father was both interesting and saddening, as they came to terms with their newfound freedom and were quite simply unsure what to do with it. the subtext was brilliantly threaded through the writing making it unsettling but thought-provoking.

this was the last mansfield i had to read for english class, and i'm pretty sad about it! i've grown a deep appreciation for her writing style, and the characters in this story were some of my favourites :)