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Katherine Mansfield’s short story “The Fly” first appeared in the British publication The Nation and Athenaeum in 1922
. Set in the shadow of World War I, “The Fly” explores an elderly man’s internal experience of grief over his son’s death as he torments a fly attempting to escape an inkpot in his office. Published a year before the end of Mansfield's tragically short life, “The Fly” perfectly captures the writing style that made her an influential author in the Modernist movement.Read a full plot summary, an analysis of the boss, and descriptions of the main ideas in "The Fly."
