Saki
Paperback | Pages: 960 pages Rating: 4.38 | 2296 Users | 147 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Complete Saki |
| Author | : | Saki |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 960 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1991 by Penguin Classics (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Humor. Literature |
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Hector Hugh Munro is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's "golden afternoon''--those slow and peaceful years prior to the outbreak of World War I. The good wit of bad manners, elegantly spiced with irony and deftly controlled malice, has made Saki stories small, perfect gems of the English language. Here for the first time, are the collected writings of Saki--including all of his short stories ("Reginald", "Reginald in Russia", "The Chronicles of Clovis", "Beasts and Super-Beasts" "The Toys of Peace", and "The Square Egg"), his three novels (THE UNBEARABLE BASSINGTON, WHEN WILLIAM CAME and THE WESTMINSTER ALICE), and three plays (THE DEATHTRAP, KARL-LUDWIG'S WINDOW and THE WATCHED POT. You are invited to meet once again Clovis, Reginald, the Unbearable Bassington, and the other memorable characters etched so superbly by the pen of H.H. Munro. "In all literature, he was the first to employ successfully a wildly outrageous premise in order to make a serious point. I love that. And today the best of his stories are still better than the best of just about every other writer around."--Roald Dahl. Introduction by Noel Coward.(less)Point Books Supposing The Complete Saki
| Original Title: | The Complete Saki |
| ISBN: | 0140184201 (ISBN13: 9780140184204) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.38 From 2296 Users | 147 ReviewsDiscuss Based On Books The Complete Saki
Like most short story collections, this one is patchy. I could cheerfully skip the initial batch of tales about Reginald. In fact I almost put the book down at this point but things picked up dramatically after that. Some of the stories seem ahead of their time, while others appear fairly predictable but that may be because others have plagiarized the ideas since they were written. A common theme seems to revolve around a particularly annoying person receiving their comeuppance. The collectionWowie zowie this guy is good. I would not suggest reading this clear through. Saki is a short story author and 900 pages of short stories is a long hard slog of a read, no matter how good of an author he is. And he is good. There were two novels and a couple plays built in too. The novels made my back shiver as I finished each of them. The plays I would love to see performed. Saki is an Edwardian satirist. Given how many off that genre exist, the Edwardian age must have been rather risible. He
Although the book bogged down in the middle, with some less than interesting short stories, the later stories were very amusing with enough twists to keep them from being predictable. The man had so much fun with the names of his characters and presented no end of ridiculous scenarios. Great light reading, when a short story is all your attention can manage.
Conniving countesses croqueting in tea gardens. Fox hunting in South Staffordshire with men of vague Teutonic complexion. Missing aunts, lugubrious uncles, and beasts of a great variety. 944 pages of luxurious Edwardian prose.
Saki is definitely someone who should continue to be read and taught. It's been over a hundred years since most of his work has been written, yet his humor and insight are more than relevant now. I laughed out loud several times while I read through this 900+ page collection. I wrote separate reviews for the novellas/novels at the beginning of the collection. My review of When William Came is here. I was not a fan. My review of The Unbearable Bassington is here. I am a mega-fan for Bassington.I
Since school the stories of Saki have entertained and delighted even after several times read.
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