Selected Stories of Saki [Hardcover]

A beautifully jacketed hardcover selection of 53 darkly witty, whimsical, and macabre short stories by an acknowledged master of the form.

Saki's dazzling tales manage the remarkable feat of being anarchic and urbane at the same time. Studded with Wildean epigrams and featuring well-contrived plots and surprise endings, his stories gleefully skewer the pompous hypocrisies of upper class Edwardian society. But they go beyond mere satire, raising dark humor to extremes of entertaining outrageousness that have rarely since been matched. Saki's elegantly mischievous young heroes sow chaos in their wake without breaking a sweat, and are occasionally joined by werewolves, tigers, eavesdropping house pets, and casually murderous children. This selection includes such famous stories as Tobermory, The Open Window, Sredni Vashtar, Mrs. Packletide's Tiger, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, and many more.fromReginald,1904
Reginald's Choir Treat
Reginald on Besetting Sins
Reginald's Christmas Revel
 
fromReginald in Russia,1910
The Reticence of Lady Anne
The Lost Sanjak
Gabriel-Ernest
The Soul of Laploshka
The Bag
The Baker's Dozen

fromThe Chronicles of Clovis, 1911
The Match-Maker
Tobermory
Mrs. Packletide's Tiger
The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
The Background
Sredni Vashtar
Adrian
The Music on the Hill
The Way to the Dairy
The Talking-Out of Tarrington
The Hounds of Fate

fromBeasts and Super-Beasts, 1914
The She-Wolf
The Boar-Pig
The Brogue
The Hen
The Open Window
The Treasure-Ship
The Lull
The Romancers
The Schartz-Metterklume Method
The Seventh Pullet
The Blind Spot
Dusk
Clovis on Parental Responsibilities
A Holiday Task
The Story-Teller
The Lumber Room
Fur
On Approval
 
fromThe Toys of Peace, 1919
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