The Chronicles of Clovis, Saki
The Chronicles of Clovis, Saki
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The Chronicles of Clovis

Author: Saki

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2011


Synopsis

A masterful collection of 28 short stories by Edwardian satirist Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym “Saki”. The Chronicles of Clovis includes many of Saki’s best known tales, exemplifying his witty and multi-layered storytelling, satirizing the habits and morals of British society of his day."Esme""The Match-Maker""Tobermory""Mrs. Packletide's Tiger""The Stampeding of Lady Bastable""The Background""Hermann the Irascible""The Unrest-Cure""The Jesting of Arlington Stringham""Sredni Vashtar" "Adrian""The Chaplet""The Quest""Wratislav""The Easter Egg""Filboid Studge""The Music on the Hill""The Story of St. Vespaluus""The Way to the Dairy""The Peace Offering""The Peace of Mowsle Barton""The Talking-out of Tarrington""The Hounds of Fate""The Recessional""A Matter of Sentiment""The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope""Ministers of Grace""The Remoulding of Groby Lington"

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad

These remain my favorite short stories of all time. Saki's caustic wit and social subversion are wickedly funny. The central protagonist, Clovis, is a trickster to the bone who can rarely resist an opportunity to upset the social apple cart, even if the fallout lands on himself. While there are othe......more

Goodreads review by Julio

Ingenioso, mordaz, irónico, irreverente son solo unos pocos adjetivos que definen el estilo de Saki, autor eduardiano que hizo las delicias de autores como Borges con sus personalísimas caricaturas de la clase media alta inglesa. En esta colección de cuentos breves encontramos de todo: desde comedia......more