Katherine Mansfield
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Course Hero. "Miss Brill Study Guide." Course Hero. 4 Oct. 2019. Web. 17 Jan. 2021. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Miss-Brill/>.
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Course Hero. "Miss Brill Study Guide." October 4, 2019. Accessed January 17, 2021. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Miss-Brill/.
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Course Hero, "Miss Brill Study Guide," October 4, 2019, accessed January 17, 2021, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Miss-Brill/.
Katherine Mansfield
1920
Short Story
Fiction
"Miss Brill" is narrated from an omniscient, limited third-person point of view, following the perspective of the title character. The choice of third person rather than first person illustrates that despite having a rich inner life, Miss Brill is removed from the harsh reality of her actual situation.
"Miss Brill" is narrated in the past tense.
The titular Miss Brill is the central character, a spinster who lives an isolated life but imagines that she contributes something brilliant to society by being part of it.
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