The Best of Saki
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| Издатель | | Penguin Books Ltd. |
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Содержание:
Reginald at the Theatre, Reginald on House-Parties, Reginald`s Drama, The Reticence of Lady Anne, Gabriel-Ernest, Cross-Currents, The Mouse, Esme, The Match-Maker, Tobermory, The Background, The Unrest-Cure, The Jesting of Arlington Stringham, Sredni Vashtar, The Quest, The Easter Egg, The Peace of Mowsle Barton, The Talking-Out of Tarrington, The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope, The She-Wolf, The Boar-Pig, The Brogue, The Open Window, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, The Seventh Pullet, Clovis on Parental Responsibilities, A Holiday Task, The Stalled Ox, The Story-Teller, A Defensive Diamond, The Elk, The Lumber-Room, Louise, The Guests, The Penance, Quail Seed, The Seven Cream Jugs, Hyacinth
Описание:
The short stories of Saki give brief but dazzling glimpses into the lives of the Edwardian rich: a class that virtually disappeared with the advent of the First World War. In the splendour of Edwardian drawing rooms we encounter the opinionated and divinely dressed Reginald, the acid-tongued sophisticate Clovis and a host of other wealthy and well-to-do Englishmen and women from duchesses and dowagers to great-aunts, nannies and a talking cat. With delicious malice, Saki portrays the follies, eloquence, tradition and foibles of his characters. In a style that brings to mind the wit of Oscar Wilde, the satire of Swift and the macabre humour of Waugh, these stories nevertheless demonstrate that Saki`s voice was uniquely his own: wickedly amusing and as sharp and sparkling as cut glass.Похожие книги
