When William Came, published in 1913, predicted the imminent World War. In this story Germany wins the war and the royal family, the Hohenzollerns, rule in London. Life under German rule in chronicled in this example of invasion literature, which...
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When William Came, published in 1913, predicted the imminent World War. In this story Germany wins the war and the royal family, the Hohenzollerns, rule in London. Life under German rule in chronicled in this example of invasion literature, which sprang from the tensions in Europe at the turn of the century
Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Singing-Bird and the Barometer; Chapter II - The Homecoming; Chapter III - "The Metskie Tsar"; Chapter IV - "Es Ist Verboten"; Chapter V - L'art D'etre Cousine; Chapter VI - Herr Von Kwarl; Chapter VII - The Lure; Chapter VIII - The First-Night; Chapter IX - An Evening "to Be Remembered"; Chapter X - Some Reflections and a "Te Deum"; Chapter XI - The Tea Shop; Chapter XII - The Travelling Companions; Chapter XIII - Torywood; Chapter XIV - "A Perfectly Glorious Afternoon"; Chapter XV - The Intelligent Anticipator of Wants; Chapter XVI - Sunrise
Chapter XVII - The Event of the SeasonChapter XVIII - The Dead Who Do Not Understand; Chapter XIX - The Little Foxes;
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, published under his literary pseudonym, Saki. The stories are each concerned in some way with a different animal, as the title suggests. Munro's style is simple, cynical...
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Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, published under his literary pseudonym, Saki. The stories are each concerned in some way with a different animal, as the title suggests. Munro's style is simple, cynical and humorous
Title; Contents; Author's Note; The She-Wolf; Laura; The Boar-Pig; The Brogue; The Hen; The Open Window; The Treasure Ship; The Cobweb; The Lull; The Unkindest Blow; The Romancers; The Schartz-Metterklume Method; The Seventh Pullet; The Blind Spot; Dusk; A Touch of Realism; Cousin Teresa; The Yarkand Manner; The Byzantine Omelette; The Feast of Nemesis; The Dreamer; The Quince Tree; The Forbidden Buzzards; The Stake; Clovis on Parental Responsibilities; A Holiday Task; The Stalled Ox; The Story-Teller; A Defensive Diamond; The Elk; "Down Pens"; The Name-Day; The Lumber Room; Fur
Hector Hugh Munro was a prolific British writer who worked in a variety of literary genres. Under the pen name Saki, he produced a series of plays and tales, many of which center around a sophisticated bon vivant called Clovis who delights in...
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Hector Hugh Munro was a prolific British writer who worked in a variety of literary genres. Under the pen name Saki, he produced a series of plays and tales, many of which center around a sophisticated bon vivant called Clovis who delights in skewering the pretensions of his elders with a rapier-like wit. The stories collected in The Chronicles of Clovis will delight fans of P.G. Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling, and Oscar Wilde
Title; Contents; Introduction; Esmé; The Match-Maker; Tobermory; Mrs. Packletide's Tiger; The Stampeding of Lady Bastable; The Background; Hermann the Irascible-A Story of the Great Weep; The Unrest-Cure; The Jesting of Arlington Stringham; Sredni Vashtar; Adrian; The Chaplet; The Quest; Wratislav; The Easter Egg; Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse that Helped; The Music on the Hill; The Story of St. Vespaluus; The Way to the Dairy; The Peace Offering; The Peace of Mowsle Barton; The Talking-Out of Tarrington; The Hounds of Fate; The Recessional; A Matter of Sentiment
The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope"Ministers of Grace"; The Remoulding of Groby Lington;
