Beasts And SuperBeasts, Hector Hugh Munro
Beasts And SuperBeasts, Hector Hugh Munro
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Beasts And Super-Beasts

Author: Hector Hugh Munro

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2011

Synopsis

A glittering collection of 36 short stories by Edwardian satirist Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym "Saki". Beasts And Super-Beasts includes many of Saki's best loved tales, exemplifying his witty and multi-layered storytelling, satirizing the habits and morals of British society of his day. "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", "The Philanthropist And The Happy Cat", "On Approval"

About Hector Hugh Munro

Saki was the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916). In addition to his short stories, of which he was an acknowledged master, he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; a parody of Alice in Wonderland, The Westminster Alice; and a fantasy about England under German occupation, When William Came.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Renee on April 21, 2014

Beasts and Super Beasts is a collection filled with precocious, somewhat bloodthirsty children, sarcastic bachelors, assorted birds, pigs, dogs, and an elk. Saki treats readers to biting wit and brilliant observations. I suggest these be read one at a time and savored.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on March 07, 2013

When I was young I discovered Saki and read all his stories. Over the years, of course, one comes across a few very popular stories repeatedly. Now I've come across a wonderful podcast, The Clovis Stories by Saki which is working its way through all the Saki stories. I am now catching up with the re......more

Goodreads review by Hákon on June 28, 2016

Saki influenced one of my favorite humor writer, P.G. Wodehouse. Their works have different feel, but there are some similarities between the two. Both write about the British upper class in a comic way, stories where aunts wield too much power at times, and so on. The difference is that Saki is has......more

Goodreads review by Madhulika on August 10, 2016

A dying woman talks about reincarnation, with the certainty that she will come back—as an otter, or a dark little Nubian boy. An Englishman finds himself stranded in the middle of heavily snowed-under European countryside, wolves prowling a few feet away. A man, come to recuperate in the country, vi......more

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