<P> "The Doll's House" is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield . It was first published in The Nation and Atheneum on 4 February 1922 and subsequently appeared in The Doves' Nest and Other Stories (1923). Mansfield used an alternative title in other editions, including "At Karori". </P> <P> 1) The school is portrayed as a melting pot or mixing of all social classes, and the Kelveys as the lowest of the social classes . The other children are discouraged from talking to them; they are outcasts . The Burnells (Kezia, Isabel and Lottie) are one of the higher - ranking families . Class distinction is also a major theme of this short story . </P>

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