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 156
... lived in a roomlet which came under the auspicious constellation of W. How he lived was to a great extent a mystery even to him- self ; his struggle for existence probably coincided in many material details with the rather dramatic ...
... lived in a roomlet which came under the auspicious constellation of W. How he lived was to a great extent a mystery even to him- self ; his struggle for existence probably coincided in many material details with the rather dramatic ...
Page 314
... lived in Yom , " said Crosby fervently , " and remembers its green hills covered with apricot and al- mond trees , and the cold water that rushes down like a caress from the upland snows and dashes under the little wooden bridges , no ...
... lived in Yom , " said Crosby fervently , " and remembers its green hills covered with apricot and al- mond trees , and the cold water that rushes down like a caress from the upland snows and dashes under the little wooden bridges , no ...
Page 496
... lived permanently in Ceylon , a locality about which she knew little , beyond the assurance contained in the missionary hymn that the human element there was vile , they were not of much immediate use to her . Other cousins she also ...
... lived permanently in Ceylon , a locality about which she knew little , beyond the assurance contained in the missionary hymn that the human element there was vile , they were not of much immediate use to her . Other cousins she also ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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