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Saki

3.9/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 17 1870
Died
1212 11 19161916
Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma , was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his most famous, with a closing line that has entered the lexicon. In addition to his short stories he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice , and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, an early alternate history. He was influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, and himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse

Saki

3.9/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 17 1870
Died
1212 11 19161916
Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma , was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his most famous, with a closing line that has entered the lexicon. In addition to his short stories he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice , and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, an early alternate history. He was influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, and himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse

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The Complete Saki

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Collected Short Stories of Saki

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Open Window and Other Short Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Interlopers (Tale Blazers)

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Chronicles of Clovis

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Sredni Vashtar

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Beasts and Super-Beasts

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature

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The Unbearable Bassington

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Open Window (Simplified for Modern Readers Series)

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Short Stories of Saki

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Tales from the Dead of Night: Thirteen Classic Ghost Stories

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Best of Saki

4/5 ( ratings)

Cuentos de humor y de horror

3.5/5 ( ratings)

When William Came

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Ghost Stories

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Classic Ghost Stories

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Antología del cuento extraño 1

4/5 ( ratings)
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