What is the author's style in Marriage a la Mode by Katherine Mansfield?

"Marriage á la Mode" satirizes—or uses humor, wit, or ridicule to criticize—the pretentious, phony bohemian art society in which Isabel has chosen to involve herself. While Mansfield's story makes no grand pronouncements on this shallow segment of society, her disdain for Isabel and her immature friends is clear. The group speaks in childish exclamations and conducts pointless conversations; once the verb "childishly" is used to describe Bobby's words. They indulge in no meaningful activities—it is alluded that Bill is a painter, but he refuses to paint the friends at the dinner table. They are self-obsessed and full of self-importance. Ironically, they are determined to keep William out of their inner circle, a circle of which he has no interest in being a part.