The Complete Short Stories of Saki (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Edwardian Satire and Humorous Tales of Eccentric British CharactersBy Saki, H. H. Munro
Length27h 2m
About this audiobook
The Complete Short Stories of Saki gathers the brilliant comic miniatures, macabre fables, and social satires of H. H. Munro into a single, revealing volume. Set largely within Edwardian drawing rooms, country houses, nurseries, and imperial margins, these stories sharpen wit into an instrument of exposure. Pieces such as "The Open Window," "Sredni Vashtar," "Tobermory," and "The Interlopers" display a remarkable range: farce, cruelty, fantasy, irony, and sudden moral reversal. Munro's background as a journalist, political observer, and traveler informs the collection's alertness to class performance, imperial assumptions, and the rituals of respectable society. Writing in the period between late Victorian decorum and modernist disillusionment, Saki helped refine the short story as a form of compressed disturbance. His urbane surfaces conceal anarchic energies, while children, animals, outsiders, and chance repeatedly overturn adult authority and social complacency. This collection is ideal for readers seeking both literary pleasure and historical insight. In one volume, it offers a concentrated encounter with a distinctive imagination whose elegance masks subversion. Its breadth invites comparison across moods and motifs, making it valuable for students, scholars, and general readers interested in satire, the uncanny, and the evolution of modern short fiction.
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
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length27 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 8, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
80The Blind Spot
2Introduction
81Dusk
3Historical Context
82A Touch of Realism
4Synopsis (Selection)
83Cousin Teresa
5Reginald
84The Yarkand Manner
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6Reginald
85The Byzantine Omelette
7Reginald on Christmas Presents
86The Feast of Nemesis
8Reginald on the Academy
87The Dreamer
9Reginald at the Theatre
88The Quince Tree
10Reginald's Peace Poem
89The Forbidden Buzzards
11Reginald's Choir Treat
90The Stake
12Reginald on Worries
91Clovis on Parental Responsibilities
13Reginald on House-Parties
92A Holiday Task
14Reginald at the Carlton
93The Stalled Ox
15Reginald on Besetting Sins
94The Story-Teller
16Reginald's Drama
95A Defensive Diamond
17Reginald on Tariffs
96The Elk
18Reginald's Christmas Revel
97“Down Pens”
19Reginald's Rubaiyat
98The Name-Day
20The Innocence of Reginald
99The Lumber Room
21Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches
100Fur
22Reginald In Russia
101The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat
23The Reticence Of Lady Anne
102On Approval
24The Lost Sanjak
103The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
25The Sex That Doesn't Shop
104The Toys of Peace
26The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water
105Louise
27A Young Turkish Catastrophe
106Tea
28Judkin Of The Parcels
107The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh
29Gabriel-Ernest
108The Wolves of Cernogratz
30The Saint And The Goblin
109Louis
31The Soul Of Laploshka
110The Guests
32The Bag
111The Penance
33The Strategist
112The Phantom Luncheon
34Cross Currents
113A Bread and Butter Miss
35The Baker's Dozen
114Bertie's Christmas Eve
36The Mouse
115Forewarned
37The Chronicles of Clovis
116The Interlopers
38Esmé
117Quail Seed
39The Match-Maker
118Canossa
40Tobermory
119The Threat
41Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger
120Excepting Mrs. Pentherby
42The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
121Mark
43The Background
122The Hedgehog
44Hermann the Irascible — A Story of the Great Weep
123The Mappined Life
45The Unrest-Cure
124Fate
46The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
125The Bull
47Sredni Vashtar
126Morlvera
48Adrian
127Shock Tactics
49The Chaplet
128The Seven Cream Jugs
50The Quest
129The Occasional Garden
51Wratislav
130The Sheep
52The Easter Egg
131The Oversight
53Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse that Helped
132Hyacinth
54The Music on the Hill
133The Image of the Lost Soul
55The Story of St. Vespaluus
134The Purple of the Balkan Kings
56The Way to the Dairy
135The Cupboard of the Yesterdays
57The Peace Offering
136For the Duration of the War
58The Peace of Mowsle Barton
137The Square Egg and Other Sketches
59The Talking-Out of Tarrington
138The Square Egg
60The Hounds of Fate
139Birds On The Western Front
61The Recessional
140The Gala Programme
62A Matter of Sentiment
141The Infernal Parliament
63The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope
142The Achievement Of The Cat
64“Ministers of Grace”
143The Old Town Of Pskoff
65The Remoulding of Groby Lington
144Clovis On The Alleged Romance Of Business
66Beasts and Super-Beasts
145The Comments Of Moung Ka
67The She-Wolf
146Other Stories
68Laura
147Dogged
69The Boar-Pig
148The East Wing
70The Brogue
149The Almanac
71The Hen
150The Pond
72The Open Window
151A Housing Problem The Solution of an Insoluble Dilemma
73The Treasure Ship
152The Holy War
74The Cobweb
153A Shot In The Dark
75The Lull
154A Sacrifice To Necessity
76The Unkindest Blow
155Analysis
77The Romancers
156Reflection
78The Schartz-Metterklume Method
157Memorable Quotes
79The Seventh Pullet
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