Short Stories by Saki
The North American timber wolf who suddenly replaces Colonel Hampton's wife is one of many alarming animals - hyenas, tigers, a talking cat, a formidable ferret - that rampage through the stories of `Saki' (H H Munro). Aided by a cast of ruthless children, and by Saki's icy wit, they throw the Edwardian social world into hilarious and appalling disarray. This selection of Saki's fiction, which includes his tragi-comic novel, The Unbearable Bassington , illustrates his power to `dazzle and delight' - as Graham Greene put it - and shows why modern masters of wit from Noel Coward to Evelyn Waugh have found Saki's savage laughter irresistible. This book is intended for students of late 19th/early 20th century English literature and/or the short story, satire; from A-level upwards.
H. H. Munro (1870-1916), better known as Saki, served as a foreign correspondent for several leading English periodicals of the early 20th century. A master of the short story, he satirized the conventions and hypocrisies of Edwardian England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192831699 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192831690 |
| Titel | Short Stories |
| Autor | Saki |
| Serie | World's Classics |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Oxford University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1994-11-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 342 |
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