Saki

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born

December 18, 1870 in Sittwe, Myanmar

died

November 13, 1916

gender

male

genre

Short Stories

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Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was born in Akyab, Burma (now known as Sittwe, Myanmar), was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his most famous, with a closing line ("Romance at short notice was her speciality") that has entered the lexicon.

In addition to his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was the custom of the time, and then collected into several volumes) he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with...more

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Books by Saki

Average rating: 4.13 · 2,651 ratings · 324 reviews · 183 distinct works

	The Complete Saki by Saki, Noël Coward (Introduction), H.H. Munro 4.38 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 1976 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Best of Saki by Saki, Tom Sharpe (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1950 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Short Stories of Saki by Saki, Leo W. Schwarz 4.14 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1930 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, H.H. Munro, Auberon Waugh (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1911 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki, (H H. Munro) Saki (H H. Munro) 4.07 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1914 — 56 editions	My rating:
	The Open Window and Other Short Stories 4.04 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1930 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sredni Vashtar, and Other Stories by Saki, Hector Hugh Munro 4.17 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Unbearable Bassington by Saki, Maurice Baring 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1912 — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Interlopers 3.47 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1910	My rating:
	Humor, Horror and the Supernatural: 22 Stories by Saki 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Saki

“He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.”
― Saki

27 people liked it

“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.”
― Saki

14 people liked it

“I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.”
― Saki, Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches

tags: posterity

11 people liked it

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Polls

Fiction (1900-1940) - November

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

17 votes, 44.7%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

7 votes, 18.4%

The Secret Agent: A Simple Taleby Joseph Conrad

4 votes, 10.5%

The River by Rumer Godden

4 votes, 10.5%

The Best of Saki by H.H. Munro

3 votes, 7.9%

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

3 votes, 7.9%

38 total votes

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