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Saki

Born

in Akyab (now Sittwe), British Burma

December 18, 1870

Died

November 13, 1916

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British writer Hector Hugh Munro under pen name Saki published his witty and sometimes bitter short stories in collections, such as The Chronicles of Clovis (1911).

His sometimes macabre satirized Edwardian society and culture. People consider him a master and often compare him to William Sydney Porter and Dorothy Rothschild Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window," perhaps his most famous, closes with the line, "Romance at short notice was her specialty," which thus entered the lexicon. Newspapers first and then several volumes published him as the custom of the time.

His works include
* a full-length play, The Watched Pot , in collaboration with Charles Maude;
* two one-act ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 48,671 ratings · 6,106 reviews · 1,933 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Collected Short Stories of Saki 4.18 avg rating — 2,908 ratings — published 1930 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Saki by Saki, Noël Coward (Introduction) 4.37 avg rating — 2,623 ratings — published 1911 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Open Window and Other Short Stories 3.95 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 1914 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Saki by Saki, Edward Gorey (Illustrator), Tom Sharpe (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1916 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interlopers 3.65 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 1910 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Open Window (Simplified for Modern Readers Series) by Saki, George Lakon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 1,186 ratings — published 1911 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sredni Vashtar 3.85 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1911 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, Auberon Waugh (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1911 — 271 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts and Super-Beasts 4.09 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 1914 — 755 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tobermory 3.76 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 1912 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Saki (?)

“I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

tags: debt

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

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“The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.”
― Saki, Reginald

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May 2020 Short Story/Novella Poll

Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, 64 pages, 1589

85 votes, 28.3%

King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, 100+-, 1597

81 votes, 27.0%

The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, 128 pages, 188

55 votes, 18.3%

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, 48 pages, 1917

34 votes, 11.3%

Reginald by Saki, 112 pages, 1904

17 votes, 5.7%

alphabet by Inger Christensen, 79 pages, 1981

16 votes, 5.3%

In the Middle of the Fields by Mary Josephine Lavin, 17-19 pages, 1967

12 votes, 4.0%

300 total votes

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