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The text “A Cup of Tea” was written by Katherine Mansfield. Katherine Mansfield is a well-known writer who was born in the 20^th century in New Zealand. She wrote many interesting short-stories. These stories describe human nature and psychology. When she was 18 years old, she wanted to be a professional writer. Her first stories were published in Melbourne in 1907. When a collection of short-stories called “In a German Pension” was published, she became famous in the world. She was interested in Russian literature. She considered herself to be a pupil of Chekhov.

We can say that the title of the story can be a symbol of some events which are described here. The genre of the text is social and psychological. It describes things which happened at a given time and place and speaks about the way of living of main characters.

But on the other hand we see people’s inner world, their nature and psychology. The text is a narration and it has some dialogues. It also has many elements of description. The story is told in the third person. It is emotional and all actions are not very slow. The text ends on lyrical note. It is left for further suggestions. I think that the main theme of the story is human nature, inner world and psychology. The idea of it is a great wish to have an adventure. There is a conflict with oneself in the text. The author doesn’t sympathize the main character.

The text consists of several parts. The first part is an exposition where the main character Rosemary Fell is represented. In complication Rosemary met a young hungry girl in the street and decided to take her home and to treat her to tea because she wanted to have an adventure. In climax Rosemary’s husband appeared and invited her into the library for a conversation. After that conversation Rosemary made up her mind to change her plans and intentions towards Miss Smith. In denouement Rosemary had one more talk with her husband Philip about Miss Smith’s coming out. She wanted her husband to be jealous of her and began asking him about his feelings to her. At last she showed her wasteful nature when reminded of a wonderful little box which cost twenty-eight guineas.

As for language of the story, it is informal and vivid, emotional and has descriptive character. It describes the main characters’ appearance, way of living, feelings, emotions and behaviour in different situations. The text abounds in simple neutral words and set phrases. The grammar of the text is not too complicated. The predominant tense is Past Simple. Some sentences are written in Past Continuous and Future Indefinite Tense. But the text abounds in simple modal and passive and gerund constructions. The sentences are not too complex and the text is not difficult for comprehension.