상세정보
Export to Refworks부가기능
Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories
상세 프로파일
| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories. |
| 개인저자 | Saki,1870-1916. |
| 발행사항 | Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1995. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (151). |
| 총서사항 | Dover thrift editions |
| ISBN | 0486807207 9780486807201 |
| 요약 | Born in Burma in 1870, Scottish writer H.H. Munro adopted the pseudonym Saki to satirize the social conventions, cruelty, and foolishness of the Edwardian era. His highly readable blend of flippant humor and outrageous inventiveness is often overlaid with a mood of horror. After Munro's untimely death in action during World War I, Christopher Morley wrote: "the empty glass we turn down for him is the fragile, hollow-stemmed goblet meant for the finest champagne; it is of the driest." Readers can sample Munro's special brand of well-plotted satiric fiction in this inexpensive collection of his best tales. In addition to the title story, selections include "Tobermory," "Laura," "The Open Window," and "The Schartz-Metterklume Method." With its biting wit and vein of cruelty, Munro's work has sometimes been compared to early Evelyn Waugh; admirers of Waugh and other discerning readers are sure to savor this stimulating taste of vintage Saki. |
| 일반주제명 | Manners and customs --Fiction. FICTION --General. Manners and customs. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
| 바로가기 |  |
