Short story for cultural/historical analysis.
The short story I have chosen to analyze is Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield.

The theme of the story is the loneliness of an old woman who got herself involved in a routine of outing to park every Sunday. This habit of visiting the park each Sunday help her to face the loneliness she was going through. She was happy with that and she did love it because she felt as if she was part of this world. But at the end she found herself not living but just watching how other people are living their lives. I t is revealed to her by a young couple who felt annoyed by the present of a the old lady while they wanted to make love or something.
The story was written in 1922 and I couldn't see any historical connection between the text and that period of time. Whether woman decided to be singles by choice or it was difficult to find a perfect match, is something that had to be mentioned in the story by the author. But I know is that she definitely did not want to be lonely because if she were, she wouldn't be escaping the loneliness and looking for spot where she could find herself doing something.
The story doesn't really mention something that people usually did in that period of time but from the text I am guessing that it was odd to be lonely. As the author mentions, almost all the people the old lady saw in the park were accompanied by their partners.
I do not have any cultural/historical clue about the story but what drew me special attention was the way the narrator described people and the way they were dressed(dreadful panama, velvet and lace...etc). I think those kind of special dresses had to something with the season or it might just be the way people dressed back in that period of time when attending special events.
If were said to do research, I would focus on those colored dresses and the way people got married in that era.