- Paperback: 960 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New edition edition (27 Sep 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140184201
- ISBN-13: 978-0140184204
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 854,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Saki is considered by many as perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's "golden afternoon" - the slow and peaceful years before World War I. This volume contains the whole of his work, including all the short stories, his three novels and three plays.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A friend recommended "The Interlopers" and I had to buy the complete works for this one story. I am reading the book from start to finish and have not yet reached "The Interlopers", each story is so enjoyable that I am dreading the day I finish the book.
Saki's wit and observations on society are extremely funny and have me laughing out loud. I particularly like Clovis who has a great attitude to life and enjoys it immensely, often at the expense of others!
I find the book very hard to put down as I keep thinking "I'll just read one more". I only wish that Saki was able to carry on writing and entertaining us. I would love to know what he makes of the 21st century!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just finished reading a 30-year old Dell paperback of Mr. Munro's stories, and I want more! Wit, irony, sarcasm: just think that his stories are plus or minus 100 years old, and he still is funny, horrifying, stunning, and right on the mark! After reading the Dell paperback, and writing this little review, I'm going back to the Amazon shopping cart and purchasing the complete works. In paperback, unfortunately. Ah, such is life....
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ostentatiously funny and a brilliant display of wit. A delight to read again and again over a cup of tea on the front lawn.
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Got to love him
The funniest collection of short stories I've ever read, by a very long way. Saki has a razor-sharp wit, which slices through his cynical, sinister world of Victorian values with... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Timbo
the complete Saki
A book to keep by your side.Each story is a little gem and can be read again and again.Munro's world encompasses the extraordinary and the mundane. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2009 by Patrick J. Kelly
Always on the Mark
The first Saki stories I read were in school, when we had to study and write essays on several of them. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2007 by K. Mackenzie
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