The Short Stories of Saki (H.H. Munro)Hector Hugh Munro, perhaps the best-loved among English humorists and short-story writers, has endeared himself to all kinds of new friends since his death in action during World War One in 1916. The 135 stories in this book of over 700 pages, with the Biography by his sister, Ethel M. Munro, and the Introduction by Christopher Morley keep alive the grace and felicity and whimsical satire of the man who effaced himself in the pseudonym of Saki. |
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Page 392
... listen to a story , " said the aunt , when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the com- munication cord . The children moved listlessly towards the aunt's end of the carriage . Evidently her reputation as a story - teller ...
... listen to a story , " said the aunt , when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the com- munication cord . The children moved listlessly towards the aunt's end of the carriage . Evidently her reputation as a story - teller ...
Page 542
... listen to such things about your uncle , " protested Mrs. James Gurtleberry angrily . " My own case is just as bad ... listened to an enormous amount of laborious light conversation . A moonlight hen - stealing raid with the merry- eyed ...
... listen to such things about your uncle , " protested Mrs. James Gurtleberry angrily . " My own case is just as bad ... listened to an enormous amount of laborious light conversation . A moonlight hen - stealing raid with the merry- eyed ...
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... listen to the war - drum rolling in quite another direction , had to listen to the tramp of battalions that were bigger and bolder and better skilled in war - craft than he had deemed possible in that quarter ; his eyes had to read in ...
... listen to the war - drum rolling in quite another direction , had to listen to the tramp of battalions that were bigger and bolder and better skilled in war - craft than he had deemed possible in that quarter ; his eyes had to read in ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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