SAKI SATIRE Boxed Set: 150+ Humorous Sketches & Short Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Edwardian Satire and Humorous Animal Tales from Early 20th CenturyBy Saki, H. H. Munro
Length27h 52m
About this audiobook
This expansive boxed set gathers more than 150 of Saki's humorous sketches and short stories, presenting a brilliant panorama of Edwardian satire in its sharpest and most elegantly mischievous form. Moving between drawing-room comedy, macabre fantasy, social parody, and epigrammatic fable, the collection showcases the author's gift for compressing cruelty, wit, and surprise into miniature masterpieces. Familiar triumphs such as tales of unruly children, predatory animals, and punctured aristocratic pretensions appear alongside lesser-known sketches, enriched here by illustrations that underscore their theatrical precision. H. H. Munro, writing as Saki, emerged from the worlds of journalism, imperial observation, and late-Victorian literary culture, yet his fiction looks forward to modernist irony and the dark comic absurdities of the twentieth century. His work belongs to a lineage of satirists who expose social convention by exaggerating its rituals, but his distinctive voice—cool, urbane, and devastatingly concise—makes the collection more than a period curiosity. Together, these pieces illuminate anxieties about class, empire, gender, childhood, and respectability. Readers seeking both entertainment and literary insight will find this volume an unusually rich encounter with one of English prose's most exacting comic stylists. Its breadth allows Saki's recurring themes and variations to speak to one another, creating a lively dialogue across forms and moods. As a compendium of wit, social critique, and narrative economy, it is ideal for students, scholars, and general readers alike.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Literary Classics
Length27 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 8, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1SAKI SATIRE Boxed Set: 150+ Humorous Sketches & Short Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
87The Dreamer
2Introduction
88The Quince Tree
3Historical Context
89The Forbidden Buzzards
4Synopsis (Selection)
90The Stake
5Reginald
91Clovis on Parental Responsibilities
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6Reginald
92A Holiday Task
7Reginald on Christmas Presents
93The Stalled Ox
8Reginald on the Academy
94The Story-Teller
9Reginald at the Theatre
95A Defensive Diamond
10Reginald's Peace Poem
96The Elk
11Reginald's Choir Treat
97“Down Pens”
12Reginald on Worries
98The Name-Day
13Reginald on House-Parties
99The Lumber Room
14Reginald at the Carlton
100Fur
15Reginald on Besetting Sins
101The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat
16Reginald's Drama
102On Approval
17Reginald on Tariffs
103The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
18Reginald's Christmas Revel
104The Toys of Peace
19Reginald's Rubaiyat
105Louise
20The Innocence of Reginald
106Tea
21Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches
107The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh
22Reginald In Russia
108The Wolves of Cernogratz
23The Reticence Of Lady Anne
109Louis
24The Lost Sanjak
110The Guests
25The Sex That Doesn't Shop
111The Penance
26The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water
112The Phantom Luncheon
27A Young Turkish Catastrophe
113A Bread and Butter Miss
28Judkin Of The Parcels
114Bertie's Christmas Eve
29Gabriel-Ernest
115Forewarned
30The Saint And The Goblin
116The Interlopers
31The Soul Of Laploshka
117Quail Seed
32The Bag
118Canossa
33The Strategist
119The Threat
34Cross Currents
120Excepting Mrs. Pentherby
35The Baker's Dozen
121Mark
36The Mouse
122The Hedgehog
37The Chronicles of Clovis
123The Mappined Life
38Esmé
124Fate
39The Match-Maker
125The Bull
40Tobermory
126Morlvera
41Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger
127Shock Tactics
42The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
128The Seven Cream Jugs
43The Background
129The Occasional Garden
44Hermann the Irascible — A Story of the Great Weep
130The Sheep
45The Unrest-Cure
131The Oversight
46The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
132Hyacinth
47Sredni Vashtar
133The Image of the Lost Soul
48Adrian
134The Purple of the Balkan Kings
49The Chaplet
135The Cupboard of the Yesterdays
50The Quest
136For the Duration of the War
51Wratislav
137The Square Egg and Other Sketches
52The Easter Egg
138The Square Egg
53Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse that Helped
139Birds On The Western Front
54The Music on the Hill
140The Gala Programme
55The Story of St. Vespaluus
141The Infernal Parliament
56The Way to the Dairy
142The Achievement Of The Cat
57The Peace Offering
143The Old Town Of Pskoff
58The Peace of Mowsle Barton
144Clovis On The Alleged Romance Of Business
59The Talking-Out of Tarrington
145The Comments Of Moung Ka
60The Hounds of Fate
146Other Stories
61The Recessional
147Dogged
62A Matter of Sentiment
148The East Wing
63The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope
149The Almanac
64“Ministers of Grace”
150The Pond
65The Remoulding of Groby Lington
151A Housing Problem The Solution of an Insoluble Dilemma
66Beasts and Super-Beasts
152The Holy War
67The She-Wolf
153A Shot In The Dark
68Laura
154A Sacrifice To Necessity
69The Boar-Pig
155The Westminster Alice
70The Brogue
156Introduction
71The Hen
157Alice In Downing Street
72The Open Window
158Alice In Pall Mall
73The Treasure Ship
159Alice At Lambeth
74The Cobweb
160Alice And The Liberal Party
75The Lull
161Alice Anywhere But In Downing Street
76The Unkindest Blow
162Alice In Difficulties
77The Romancers
163Alice At St. Stephen's
78The Schartz-Metterklume Method
164Alice Lunches At Westminster
79The Seventh Pullet
165Alice In A Fog
80The Blind Spot
166Alice Has Tea At The Hotel Cecil
81Dusk
167Alice Goes To Chesterfield
82A Touch of Realism
168The Aged Man
83Cousin Teresa
169Spades In Wonderland
84The Yarkand Manner
170Analysis
85The Byzantine Omelette
171Reflection
86The Feast of Nemesis
172Memorable Quotes
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