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Reginald in russia, the somewhat macabre tales of the chronicles of clovis, saki s best known beasts and superbeasts, the toys of. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the edwardian era in england. The chronicles of clovis, published in 1911, was the third in saki h. He is considered a master of the short story, and often compared to o.
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The book begins with sakis first works, the reginald stories, a small series of vignettes centered around the societal and cynical young reginald. Books by saki sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Miracles at short notice 2011 by james lark is another musical based on short stories by saki. In addition to his short stories which were first published in newspapers, as was the custom of the time, and then collected into several volumes he also wrote a. He is the master of sardonic comments and wrote some of the funniest stories ive ever read. Publication date 1981 topics saki, 18701916, authors, english. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the complete saki. Other stories are wicked and funny, and wickedly funny. Delphi complete works of saki illustrated by saki, hector. The stories are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre. British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized edwardian society and culture. I cancelled that immediately and ordered this one instead.
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