The Complete Saki

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The complete works of one of England’s greatest Edwardian writersSaki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England’s ‘Golden Afternoon’ – the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation as a writer continued to grow long after his death. His work is humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporary upper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story and one of the great writers of a bygone era.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Weight 0.66 kg
Dimensions 4.3 × 12.98 × 19.74 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country

USA

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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

960

Publisher

Year Published

1998-5-1

Imprint

ISBN 10

0141180781

About The Author

H.H. Munro, also known by his pseudonym Saki (1870-1916), was a prolific Scottish author of the Edwardian era. He wrote The Chronicles of Clovis, When William Came: A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, and Complete Stories and Novels Of Saki. At age 44, Munro volunteered as a soldier during World War I, enlisting in the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He wrote a number of short stories from the trenches.

Table Of Content

The Complete SakiI. THE SHORT STORIESReginaldReginald Reginald on Christmas PresentsReginald on the AcademyReginald at the TheatreReginald's Peace PoemReginald's Choir TreatReginald on WorriesReginald on House-PartiesReginald at the CarltonReginald on Besetting SinsReginald's DramaReginald on TariffsReginald's Christmas RevelReginald's RubaiyatThe Innocence ofReginald Reginald in RussiaReginald in RussiaThe Reticence of Lady AnneThe Lost SanjakThe Sex That Doesn't ShopThe Blood-Feud of Toad-WaterA Young Turkish CatastropheJudkin of the ParcelsGabriel-ErnestThe Saint and the GoblinThe Soul of LaploshkaThe BagThe StrategistCross CurrentsThe Baker's DozenThe MouseThe Chronicles of ClovisEsméThe Match-MakerTobermoryMrs. Packletide's TigerThe Stampeding of Lady BastableThe BackgroundHermann the Irascible – A Story of the Great WeepThe Unrest-CureThe Jesting of Arlington StringhamSredni VashtarAdrianThe ChapletThe QuestWratislavThe Easter EggFilboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That HelpedThe Music on the HillThe Story of St. VespaluusThe Way to the DairyThe Peace OfferingThe Peace of Mowsle BartonThe Talking-Out of TarringtonThe Hounds of FateThe RecessionalA Matter of SentimentThe Secret Sin of Septimus Brope"Ministers of Grace"The Remoulding of Groby LingtonBeasts and Super-BeastsThe She-WolfLauraThe Boar-PigThe BrogueThe HenThe Open WindowThe Treasure-ShipThe CobwebThe LullThe Unkindest BlowThe RomancersThe Schartz-Metterklume MethodThe Seventh PulletThe Blind SpotDuskA Touch of RealismCousin TeresaThe Yarkand MannerThe Byzantine OmeletteThe Feast of NemesisThe DreamerThe Quince TreeThe Forbidden BuzzardsThe StakeClovis on Parental ResponsibilitiesA Holiday TaskThe Stalled OxThe Story-TellerA Defensive DiamondThe Elk"Down Pens"The Name-DayThe Lumber RoomFurThe Philanthropist and the Happy CatOn ApprovalThe Toys of PeaceThe Toys of PeaceLouiseTeaThe Disappearance of Crispina UmberleighThe Wolves of CernogratzLouisThe GuestsThe PenanceThe Phantom LuncheonA Bread and Butter MissBertie's Christmas EveForewarnedThe InterlopersQuail SeedCanossaThe ThreatExcepting Mrs. PentherbyMarkThe HedgehogThe Mappined LifeFateThe BullMorlveraShock TacticsThe Seven Cream JugsThe Occasional GardenThe SheepThe OversightHyacinthThe Image of the Lost SoulThe Purple of the Balkan KingsThe Cupboard of the YesterdaysFor the Duration of the WarThe Square EggThe Square EggBirds on the Western FrontThe Gala ProgrammeThe Infernal ParliamentThe Achievement of the CatThe Old Town of PskoffClovis on the Alleged Romance of BusinessThe Comments of Moung KaII. THE NOVELSThe Unbearable BassingtonWhen William CameThe Westminster AliceIII. THE PLAYSThe Death-TrapKarl-Ludwig's WindowThe Watched Pot

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