Selected Short Stories by Saki
by (uk) Saki (us) Edward Gorey
About This Novel
It vividly reproduces the colorful European social life at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The famous illustrator Edward Gorey draws many illustrations, which are wonderful and vivid. It is a selection of Sacchi's short story masters who are as famous as O. Henry. Saki (1870-1916), whose original name was Hector Hugh Munro, was born in Burma and grew up in England. He is known as the most outstanding satirical short story writer in Britain. With his rich experience and outstanding artistic talent, he vividly reproduced the colorful European social life at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In Europe and the United States, Sacchi is as famous as O. Henry. His works have rigorous structure, clever conception and often unexpected endings. "Selected Short Stories of Saki" collects the works of Saki, the most outstanding British satirical short story writer. These works are selected from his most representative short story collections. Saki wrote 135 short stories in his lifetime. Among them, "Dusk" and "Open Window" are the most famous.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
