The Complete Short Stories

Name: The Complete Short Stories
Price: 8.99 EUR
Author: H. Munro
ISBN: 9780141907635

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H. Munro, Saki

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Paru le : 02/11/2000

Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like... > Lire la suite

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Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation as a writer continued to grow long after his death. The stories are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations.
With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporaryupper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story.

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Date de parution : 02/11/2000
Editeur : PENGUIN
Collection : Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN : 0-14-190763-0
EAN : 9780141907635
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 576 pages

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- Pages : 576
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé

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Hector Hugo Munro, better known by his pen name Saki, was born in Burma in 1870. He came to England for schooling following the early death of his mother, and was raised by his grandmother. After much travelling he followed in his father's footsteps and worked for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, before falling ill and returning to England to pursue a career in journalism. He published his first book, The Rise of the Russian Empire, in 1900.
Throughout his writing career he worked as a foreign correspondent and fought in World War I, during which he was killed by a sniper in 1916. He is considered a master of the short story form.