Selected Stories of Saki

by Saki

Book Overview

A beautifully jacketed hardcover selection of 53 darkly witty, whimsical, and macabre short stories by an acknowledged master of the form.

Saki's dazzling tales manage the remarkable feat of being anarchic and urbane at the same time. Studded with Wildean epigrams and featuring well-contrived plots and surprise endings, his stories gleefully skewer the pompous hypocrisies of upper class Edwardian society. But they go beyond mere satire,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101907940
• ISBN13: 9781101907948
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.5" x 7.1"