The Penguin Complete Saki (Twentieth Century Classics S.)

Munro, H.; Coward, Noel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140184201 ISBN 13: 9780140184204

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Saki is considered by many as perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's "golden afternoon" - the slow and peaceful years before World War I. This volume contains the whole of his work, including all the short stories, his three novels and three plays.

About the Author:

H.H. Munro, also known by his pseudonym Saki (1870-1916), was a prolific Scottish author of the Edwardian era. He wrote The Chronicles of Clovis, When William Came: A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, and Complete Stories and Novels Of Saki. At age 44, Munro volunteered as a soldier during World War I, enlisting in the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He wrote a number of short stories from the trenches.