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The Toys of Peace and Other Papers Hector Hugh Munro

The Toys of Peace and Other Papers Hector Hugh Munro

Hector Hugh Munro

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
nidottu
This is the last collection of short stories written by the witty British author, Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen names "Saki" or "H. H. Munro", compiled posthumously by his friend, Rothay Reynolds. The title story is a humorous tale of trying to indoctrinate young boys with a culture of peace rather than war, by a mother and her brother, Harvey, who give her boys "peace toys" for Easter instead of toy guns, tin soldiers, and the like. Excerpt: "A quantity of crinkly paper shavings was the first thing that met the view when the lid was removed; the most exiting toys always began like that. Harvey pushed back the top layer and drew forth a square, rather featureless building. "'It's a fort ' exclaimed Bertie. ... "'It's a municipal dust-bin, ' said Harvey hurriedly; 'you see all the refuse and litter of a town is collected there, instead of lying about and injuring the health of the citizens.'"
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The Chronicles of Clovis

The Chronicles of Clovis

Hector Hugh Munro

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
nidottu
This book is one of the collections of short stories by Saki, following on from "Reginald" and "Reginald in Russia". Some stories have characters that do not appear elsewhere in the collection, but many of them are loosely centred round the young Clovis Sangrail (a reincarnation of Reginald).
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The Collected Short Stories of Saki

The Collected Short Stories of Saki

Hector Hugh Munro

Wordsworth Editions Ltd
1993
nidottu
‘All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's’. Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastor and The Unrest Cure. ‘We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart’
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Cuentos Ilustres Saki

Cuentos Ilustres Saki

Hector Hugh Munro

Editorial Alma
2023
sidottu
This book compiles various masterful samples of the enormous talent of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro. In each story, you can see his fondness for absurd situations, his skillful balance between humor and unsettling terror, the cynical portrayal of characters and the relentless mockery of British hallmarks. Enjoy and let yourself be illustrated by the hand of this key and scathing figure of early 19th century English humorous literature.
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The Collected short Stories of Saki (Edition1st)

The Collected short Stories of Saki (Edition1st)

Hector Hugh Munro

UNKNOWN
2023
nidottu
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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Beasts and Super-Beasts

Beasts and Super-Beasts

Hector Hugh Munro

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
1914
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Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914.Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. It was his final collection of stories before his death in World War I, and several of its stories, in particular "The Open Window" and "Sredni Vashtar", are reprinted frequently in anthologies.
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