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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... never has the time to explore . There was a fellow I stayed with once in Warwickshire who farmed his own land , but was otherwise quite steady . Should never have suspected him of having a soul , yet not very long afterwards he eloped ...
... never has the time to explore . There was a fellow I stayed with once in Warwickshire who farmed his own land , but was otherwise quite steady . Should never have suspected him of having a soul , yet not very long afterwards he eloped ...
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... never quite so bad as the woman who fires Exchange and Mart questions at you without the least provocation . Imagine ... never really knows one's ground , and one may make mistakes occasionally . But then one's mis- takes sometimes turn ...
... never quite so bad as the woman who fires Exchange and Mart questions at you without the least provocation . Imagine ... never really knows one's ground , and one may make mistakes occasionally . But then one's mis- takes sometimes turn ...
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... never boils over . I knew a boy once who really was inno- cent ; his parents were in Society , but they never gave him a moment's anxiety from his infancy . He believed in company prospectuses , and in the purity of elections , and in ...
... never boils over . I knew a boy once who really was inno- cent ; his parents were in Society , but they never gave him a moment's anxiety from his infancy . He believed in company prospectuses , and in the purity of elections , and in ...
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Reginald on Christmas Presents | 6 |
Reginalds Peace Poem | 13 |
Reginald on HouseParties | 20 |
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