What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: The Short Stories of SakiUser Review - Jake - GoodreadsIt takes quite a good writer to make a book of short of stories that I'm willing to read straight through. The mixture of turn of the century American writing similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald but with a ... Read full review Review: The Short Stories of SakiUser Review - Clark S - GoodreadsLoved it. Roughly a contemporary of Oscar Wilde and writing on the same subject, (British aristocracy), Saki poignantly and satirically gives intimate flavor to that bygone, post-Victorian era. Not as ribald as Wilde, but every bit as funny. Read full review Related books
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