The Doll's House Summary from LitCharts | the doll's house katherine mansfield
Adoll’shousearrivesattheBurnellhomeasagift.ThedollhousesmellssostronglyofpaintthatAuntBerylthinksitcouldmakesomeonesick.Isabel,Lottie,andKezia,theBurnell’sthreedaughters,donotmindthesmell,however,andcouldn’tbemoredelightedbythehouse.Kezia,theyoungestsister,noticesasmalllamp,whichshethinksitthebestpartofit.Thenextmorning,theBurnellsareexcitedtoboasttotheothergirlsatschool.Isabel,theoldest,forbidshersistersfromsayinganythingbeforeshe’shadachancetodescribethedoll’shousetotheothers.Shealsoremind...
A doll’s house arrives at the Burnell home as a gift. The dollhouse smells so strongly of paint that Aunt Beryl thinks it could make someone sick. Isabel, Lottie, and Kezia, the Burnell’s three daughters, do not mind the smell, however, and couldn’t be more delighted by the house. Kezia, the youngest sister, notices a small lamp, which she thinks it the best part of it.
The next morning, the Burnells are excited to boast to the other girls at school. Isabel, the oldest, forbids her sisters from saying anything before she’s had a chance to describe the doll’s house to the others. She also reminds Lottie and Kezia that she is allowed to choose which two girls will visit first to see the house.
At playtime, all the little girls gather around to hear Isabel’s talk about the house except for Lil and Else Kelvey—the daughters of the village washerwoman and the poorest girls at school. Everyone in the village gossips abo...