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The undisputed master of the short story, Saki's name is synonymous with brilliant writing that satirises Edwardian Society. This complete edition of his plays (the first complete edition ever published) demonstrates the great writer's prowess as a playwright.

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Saki's Cats rounds up the tales about cats, big and small, by the undisputed master of the short story. The feisty felines of these tales are the only clear winners, and, with a characteristic smirk and dash of his pen, it is Edwardian Society that Saki sends slinking off, tail between its legs.

In Saki's world a despotic dog becomes his owner's master, a rural community is hoodwinked into believing in the predictive powers of a pair of friends, and Eve stubbornly refuses to touch the Forbidden Fruit... Although unquestionably of its time, each story ridicules the follies of the society around its author.

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Beasts and Super-Beasts , has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

London has fallen to an army of well-trained Germans. While the fortunate few manage to escape, those who remain in the city are forced to adapt to life under foreign occupation. Soon, even the simplest tasks—a walk in the park, a trip to the store—are a matter of life and death. When William Came is a novel by Saki.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Westminster Alice is a collection of humorous vignettes by Saki that forms a political pastiche of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, featuring an unforgettable cast of politicians of the day, and brought to life with illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould, 'with apologies to Sir John Tenniel' for their striking likeness to the Alice illustrations.

Matthew was assaulted by another prisoner?! Concerned for his friend is Yuto, a former DEA investigator. Enraged by what happened, Mickey sets out to avenge his brother. However, Yuto refuses to divulge the culprit's name and is placed in solitary confinement where he meets Neto, the leader of the Chicano group.

With his career at its zenith, known universally for his three volumes of magnificently witty stories, Saki in 1912 was ready to branch out. He decided to apply his genius to a single long narrative in a novel.The Unbearable Bassington sports his famous raillery at its highest pitch:"…she came of a family whose individual members went through life, from the nursery to the grave, with as much tact and consideration as a cactus-hedge might show ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Set in the Japanese countryside of the lawless and chaotic Muromachi Period, PRINCESS MONONOKE is the story of a young man's quest to reconcile the powerful forces of human civilization and industry with the need to live harmoniously in the natural world. It is a time when Samurai warriors raid each others? territories whenever they sense weakness or advantage. Men and women driven from areas of conflict have begun to eke out their livings in ...

Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) used the pseudonym Saki. His macabre stories were known for their satire of Edwardian society. Comus Bassington is a cynical upper class young man. His mother keeps trying to arrange things for Comus, a job as a secretary or an advantageous marriage, but Comus spoils her plans by his selfish ways or by being unwilling to be guided by someone wiser.

The Unbearable Bassington was written in 1912 by Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro. He was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.

The Toys of Peace was written in 1919 by Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro. He was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.

Reginald in Russia was written in 1910 by Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 - 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro. He was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.