Hector Hugh Munro – författare

Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable short stories of our time. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories available on digital download only.Stephen writes “Saki remains, from a distance of a hundred years, just about the sharpest, cruellest, funniest and most elegant short story writer in our language. Hector Hugh Monro, to give him his real name, was an English writer and journalist whose life was cut short by the Great War. His stories often oppose nature and civilisation, with the more macabre elements of nature usually rising to victory. My favourite of his stories is Sredni Vashtar, as perfect a symbolic tale of the power of adolescence as is imaginable. The triumph of imagination, sexuality and life over the repressive forces of conventionality has never been more perfectly or shockingly expressed. The excellence of Tobermory, the talking cat, of The unrest Cure and the Open Window all reveal that unique blend of Wodehousian social comedy with wicked cruelty.Saki is like a perfect martini but with absinthe stirred in…heady, delicious and dangerous. Enjoy” Stephen Fry 2009

The death of Oscar Wilde in 1900 left the position of The Wittiest Man in the World open and up for grabs. There seemed no clear inheritor. Then, over the next couple of years, in the pages of the Westminster Gazette, there slowly emerged someone whose political satires and sketches of society brought the Wildean barb screaming into the new century. He was a man by the name of Hector Munro, but very few knew that. All his pieces were signed with a name now synonymous with wit - simply Saki.- "Youth should suggest innocence." "But never act on the suggestion."- "Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum."Saki's savage sketches of society were initially centred around one character, uncannily like himself. Reginald is dangerous. Brutally honest, not interested in mediocrity or convention, he cuts a hilarious swathe through more polite circles. These 15 pieces were first collected together in 1904.- "Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent."- "The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience: you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences of the other."- "I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word."Saki (Hector Munro) was born in Burma in 1870. He was sent to boarding school in Devon and Bedfordshire. Following his father into the Imperial Police, he was posted back to Burma. After contracting malaria, he returned to England where his writing career blossomed. When war broke out in 1914, he refused a commission and joined up as an ordinary trooper. During the Battle of the Ancre in 1916, whilst resting in a crater, he was shot by a German sniper. His output included some of the funniest stories in the English language, as well as plays, essays and two novels.

Saki made his name at the beginning of the Edwardian period with bitingly witty stories and political sketches, inheriting in many ways Oscar Wilde's vacated crown. His early main character, Reginald, was very like himself - a dissector of flabby respectability with a hilariously savage tongue. The first collected volume of Reginald stories was published in 1904.As the period drew on, publishing in a broad array of journals and magazines, Saki's range widened, baring the full extent of his genius for all to see:"Reginald sat in a corner of the Princess' salon and tried to forgive the furniture, which started out with an obvious intention of being Louis Quinze, but relapsed at frequent intervals into Wilhelm II." "Mrs Crick had a long family, and was therefore licensed, in the eyes of her world, to have a short temper..." "Possessed of only moderate means, he was able to live comfortably within his income, and still more comfortably within those of various tolerantly disposed associates." "Vanessa began to arrive at the conclusion that a husband who added a roving disposition to a settled income was a mixed blessing. It was one thing to go to the end of the world; it was quite another thing to make oneself at home there. Even respectability seemed to lose some of its virtue when one practised it in a tent." "There's always a chance that one of them might turn out depraved and vicious, and then you could disown him. I've heard of that being done.""But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school."Finally, in 1910, this book, the best of the stories of the intervening years, was pulled together, including one last Reginald story which gave this new volume its title, as well as some of the pieces on which the height of Saki's reputation still rests: the sensual, eerie gallows-delight of Gabriel-Ernest; the joyful late-shock nervous tension of The Reticence of Lady Anne, The Bag and The Mouse; and the worldly gleeful ghostliness of The Soul of Laploshka. Also included is the notable little 'playlet' A Baker's Dozen.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Westminster Alice'' is a collection of satirical sketches, including ''Alice in Lambeth'', ''Alice in Pall Mall'', ''Alice in a Fog'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Gabriel-Ernest'' is a short story about a were-wolf named Gabriel and his terrible deed. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

These works by H. H. Munro were originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''A Collection of Short Stories from the Bystander & Morning Post'' is a collection of short stories, including ''A Shot in the Dark'', ''The Holy War'', ''The Pond'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1904 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Reginald'' is a collection of short stories, including ''Reginald''s Drama'', ''Reginald on Tariff''s'', ''Reginald on Worries'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Beasts and Super-Beasts'' is a collection of short stories, including ''The She-Wolf'', ''The Romancers'', ''The Dreamer'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Chronicles of Clovis'' is a collection of short stories, including ''The Great Weep'', ''Tobermory'', ''Adrian'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Toys of Peace and Other Papers'' is a collection of short stories, including ''Tea'', ''Louise'', ''The Penance'', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Unbearable Bassington'' is a novel detailing the story of Comus Bassington, the only son of Francesca Bassington, and his attempt to marry a wealthy woman so as to save his mother from losing her house. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical ''Alice in Westminster'' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, ''Saki'', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as ''The Open Window'' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

‘All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's’.Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastor and The Unrest Cure.‘We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart’

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story, and often compared to O Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes), he wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice (a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland); and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion and occupation of Britain.

Saki''s (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England.His subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldn''t feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouse''s ''Bertie Wooster''.The fatal flaw of hypocrisy receives particular attention in Saki''s world, with vengeful justice often meted out in the most unlikely and unexpected fashion by birds, beasts and children alike.This collection contains both novels by Saki, all of his short story collections, and also his individual short stories the were published outside collections - in total 145 separate works.

Wicked Wit. Sharp Satire. The Darkly Elegant Voice of Edwardian Fiction 🎩🦊Step into the refined yet mischievous world of H.H. Munro, better known by his pen name Saki—a master of the unexpected twist and a sharp-tongued critic of societal norms. This complete Kindle edition features all of Saki''s short stories and novels, including his most beloved tales of clever children, devious aristocrats, and ironic fate.📘 This Collection Includes:All major story collections: Reginald, Reginald in Russia, The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-BeastsThe full novel The Unbearable BassingtonBonus: Fables, political sketches, and lesser-known works ✒️Clean Kindle formatting with linked table of contents for easy navigationSaki''s blend of humor and subtle cruelty prefigures writers like Roald Dahl and Evelyn Waugh, offering an irresistibly sardonic lens on Edwardian society.💬 Why Readers Love It:"Saki writes with the knife of Oscar Wilde and the twist of O. Henry." – Literary Review"Dark, smart, and addictive. This is British short fiction at its best." – Verified Amazon Reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎯 Perfect For:Fans of Roald Dahl, W. Somerset Maugham, P.G. Wodehouse, and Noël CowardReaders who enjoy satirical short stories, English wit, and Edwardian commentaryCollectors of clever, classic fictionWickedly clever and deliciously ironic—Saki''s stories are the perfect bite-sized fiction for lovers of elegance and edge. Download today! 🕯️📖

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story, and often compared to O Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes), he wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice (a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland); and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion and occupation of Britain.