Short Stories by Saki (1976) - Folio Society edition

Short Stories by Saki (1976)

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Short Stories by Saki (1976) - Folio Society edition
Folio Society
Short Stories

Short Stories by Saki (1976)

Saki

Edition year 1976
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Sir Osbert Lancaster
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 246
Dimensions 22.8 × 14.8 cm

Edition details

Short Stories by Saki. Selected and introduced by John Letts. 9 leaves of drawings by Sir Osbert Lancaster. Bound in pale green cloth blocked in dark green with a wrap-around design by Lancaster. Pale yellow-green endleaves. Brown slipcase. 22.8x14.8cm. 246pp

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Saki's short stories turn the manners of respectable society into opportunities for surprise, cruelty and wonderfully economical comedy. H. H. Munro, who wrote under the name Saki, places self-important adults beside inventive children, unpredictable animals and people whose apparent politeness conceals very different intentions. A small misunderstanding or an unexpected interruption can overturn a carefully managed social occasion. The stories' elegant sentences and abrupt reversals expose vanity and complacency without lingering over the lesson, making this a collection to enjoy both for its wit and its distinctly unsettling view of human behaviour.

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