
Saki : Selected Stories
by Saki
Title:
Saki : Selected Stories
Author:
Saki
Series (if any):
Everyman's Library POCKET CLASSICS
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
360 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781841596242
EAN:
9781841596242
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
500
Dimensions (mm):
126 x 188 x 31
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Saki's dazzling tales manage the remarkable feat of being anarchic and urbane at the same time. Studded with Wildean epigrams and featuring well-contrived plots and surprise endings, his stories gleefully skewer the pompous hypocrisies of upper-class Edwardian society. But they go beyond mere satire, raising dark humour to extremes of entertaining outrageousness that have rarely since been matched. Saki's elegantly mischievous young heroes sow chaos in their wake without breaking a sweat, occasionally assisted by werewolves, tigers, eavesdropping house pets and casually murderous children. This selection of over fifty stories includes such favourites as 'Tobermory', 'The Open Window', 'Sredni Vashtar', 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger', 'The Schartz-Metterklume Method', and many more.




























