‘Tobermory’ – the title story of this collection – is widely considered one of Saki’s finest pieces, in which a short-sighted dinner-party guest introduces a talking cat to the diners, inadvertently revealing gossip and pushing fickle characters into the limelight – in the process undermining the common perceptions of grandiose and genteel high society.
From some of his earliest successes, such as ‘Gabriel-Ernest’, ‘The Bag’ and the Clovis stories, about a young man with an impish sense of humour, to later tales such as ‘The Boar-Pig’, which is as bizarre as it is hilarious, and ‘The Toys of Peace’, which he was never able to see in print, this selection contains a wealth of well-known tales with vastly different themes – from reincarnation to psychological warfare – and bearing every trademark token of wit with which Saki has enthralled generations of eager readers.
By:
Saki
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 128mm,
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9781847497307
ISBN 10: 1847497306
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 04 February 2019
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
`The Open Window', `The Boar-Pig', `The Chaplet', `The Lumber Room', `The Schartz-Metterklume Method', `Gabriel-Ernest', `Sredni Vashtar', `The Storyteller', `The She-Wolf', `The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water', `The Bag', `The Mouse', `Esme', `Tobermory', `Mrs Packletide's Tiger', `Hermann the Irascible', `The Unrest Cure', `The Jesting of Arlington Stringham', `Filboid Studge', `The Hounds of Fate', `Laura', `The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat', `The Toys of Peace', `Tea', `A Bread-and-Butter Miss', `Bertie's Christmas Eve', `Forewarned', `The Interlopers', `The Bull'.
Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British author best known by his pen name Saki. Although he wrote two novels and several political sketches - most notably The Westminster Alice, a parody authorized by Carroll's publishers - it is his large output of satirical short stories for which he is remembered, and is still considered one of the masters of the genre.
Reviews for Tobermory and Other Stories: Annotated Edition – Contains 29 stories
A master in his genre. Naomi Lewis, Observer
