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Loading... The Short Stories of Saki (Modern Library) (original 1930; edition 1958)by H. H. Munro (Author)
Work InformationThe Short Stories of Saki by Saki (1930)
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ContainsLaura [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Open Window [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Schartz-Metterklume Method {short story} by Saki (indirect) A Holiday Task {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Name-Day {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Lumber-Room {short story} by Saki (indirect) The She-Wolf [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Boar-Pig {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Brogue {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Hen {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Cobweb {short story} by Saki (indirect) The lull {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Romancers {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Seventh Pullet {short story} by Saki (indirect) Cousin Teresa {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Stake {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Stalled Ox {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Story-Teller by Saki (indirect) Fur {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Music on the Hill {short story} by Saki (indirect) Tobermory {short story} by Saki (indirect) Mrs. Packletide's Tiger {short story} by Saki (indirect) Sredni Vashtar [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Easter Egg [short story] by Saki (indirect) Esmé {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Unrest-Cure {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Jesting of Arlington Stringham {short story} by Saki (indirect) Adrian {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Chaplet {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Quest {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Story of St. Vespaluus {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Way to the Dairy {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Peace of Mowsle Barton {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Hounds of Fate {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Recessional {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Remoulding of Groby Lington {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Wolves of Cernograz [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Guests {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Penance {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Interlopers [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Mappined Life {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Seven Cream Jugs [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Toys of Peace [short story] by Saki (indirect) Louise {short story} by Saki (indirect) Tea {short story} by Saki (indirect) Fate {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Bull {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Gala Programme [short story] by Saki (indirect) Gabriel-Ernest {short story} by Saki (indirect) The Bag [short story] by Saki (indirect) The Reticence of Lady Anne [short fiction] by Saki (indirect)
The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories. In 'The Open Window' an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life. In 'The Unrest Cure' the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core. And 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. For punchlines, twists, satire and pure mirth, Saki's stories are second-to-none. No library descriptions found. |
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