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
26The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water
2Introduction
27A Young Turkish Catastrophe
3Historical Context
28Judkin Of The Parcels
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Gabriel-Ernest
5Reginald
30The Saint And The Goblin
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6Reginald
31The Soul Of Laploshka
7Reginald on Christmas Presents
32The Bag
8Reginald on the Academy
33The Strategist
9Reginald at the Theatre
34Cross Currents
10Reginald's Peace Poem
35The Baker's Dozen
11Reginald's Choir Treat
36The Mouse
12Reginald on Worries
37The Chronicles of Clovis
13Reginald on House-Parties
38Esmé
14Reginald at the Carlton
39The Match-Maker
15Reginald on Besetting Sins
40Tobermory
16Reginald's Drama
41Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger
17Reginald on Tariffs
42The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
18Reginald's Christmas Revel
43The Background
19Reginald's Rubaiyat
44Hermann the Irascible — A Story of the Great Weep
20The Innocence of Reginald
45The Unrest-Cure
21Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches
46The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
22Reginald In Russia
47Sredni Vashtar
23The Reticence Of Lady Anne
48Adrian
24The Lost Sanjak
49The Chaplet
25The Sex That Doesn't Shop
50The Quest
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