Miss Brill is a novella written by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. The narrative revolves around a middle-aged woman who appears to be content with her life. She is a cleanliness enthusiast who takes pride in dressing up nicely, walks her dog and teaches English literature to pupils. Every Sunday, she visits the park. She sees each person there as separate from herself. Her dresses impress her enough for her to disassociate personal traits and hear silhouettes of unaware joy that bound her to them.

However, the fantasy of experiencing people’s joys indirectly is shattered by an insult from two of the town’s young residents. She, Miss Brill, starts questioning the importance of social appearances, her role and rejection as seen from the eyes of others. At the beginning, Mansfield depicts Miss Brill to the reader by foreshadowing an emotional breakdown that could spark meaning to her rather calculated observed acts. As societal dichotomy emphasizes human acceptance’s risk in security based vs a desire to be understood, it keenly waxes on the tragedy that separates the nucleus of wanting love dressed with savored fear further then out limit nostalgia haps inheritance simultaneously set her intrstadt perfectly, willing unaware of sublime sil mest internal variant self decided ways.