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The Complete Short Stories
Saki
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Description for The Complete Short Stories
Paperback. Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations. Editor(s): Munro, H. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Saki 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. The stories are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporaryupper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story.
Saki 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. The stories are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporaryupper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141184494
SKU
V9780141184494
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About Saki
Born H H Munro in Burma in 1870, Saki was educated in England and returned to Burma to join the police force in 1893. Returning to London in 1896, he worked for the Westminster Gazette and was Balkans correspondent for the Morning Post from 1902. He was killed on the Western Front during World War 1, having volunteered for ... Read more
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