Best Saki Short Stories - April 2024

7 best short stories: Money (7 best short stories - specials Book 37)

Money - and the social effects of having it or not - is too big a theme in people's daily lives to be ignored by literature. The writers gave the most varied interpretations and looked from the most different angles to the human relationship with money - but the final thought is always up to the reader.The critic August Nemo selected seven classic short stories on this subject:The Money Box by W.W. JacobsMammon and the Archer by O. HenryAfter the Race by James JoyceThe Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. LawrenceFilboid Studge by SakiWinter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Crocodile by Fyodor Dost... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07TT7SNW1
• ASIN: B07TT7SNW1
• Manufacturer: Tacet Books

The World's Best Classic Short Stories

A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including: 'The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 'The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 'The Mezzotint' by M. R. James 'The Phantom Rickshaw' by Rudyard Kipling 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy 'The Model Millionaire' by Oscar Wilde 'The Monkey's Paw' by W. W. Jacobs 'An Uncomfortable Bed' by Guy de Maupassant 'The Mortal Immortal' by Mary Shelley 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki 'The Nose' by Nicolai Gogol 'Regret' by Kate Chopin 'One Thousand Dollars' by O. Henry 'The Fly' by Katherine ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00F64VT7S
• ASIN: B00F64VT7S
• Manufacturer: Red Door Audiobooks

Short Stories: The Vintage Collection

The fifth volume in CSA Word's massively popular complete and unabridged 'Short Stories' collection is bound to please. With something for everyone this collection of classic stories read by only the best-suited and most established readers will delight the ears as a vintage wine excites the gullet; The Vintage Collection is audible gold. Full story listing: 'The Old Couple' - Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry 13.49 'Pat Hobby Does His Bit' - F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale 14.46 'A Tale of Negative Gravity' - Frank R. Stockton, read by Nicky Henson 41.50 'The Kiss'... [Read More]

• ASIN: B003AOVPIY
• ASIN: B003AOVPIY
• Manufacturer: CSA Word

The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)

This anthology of anthologies contains H. H. Munro's excellent short stories, derived from a total of six compilations which were published over the course of twenty years. Containing all of his best regarded and famous short tales, as well as a sizeable host of hidden gems and lesser-known treasures, this gigantic compendium is comprehensive and certain to satisfy any fan of the author. The sensual, tantalising and distinctly moral nature of the stories usually rail against the stifling conventions of society - in the end, the natural world (and people acting naturally) tend to come out on t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1537701215
• ASIN: 1537701215
• ISBN: 1537701215
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Complete Short Stories of Saki (Vintage Classics)

• ASIN: B01CQ7B1LG
• ASIN: B01CQ7B1LG
• Manufacturer: Vintage Digital

Collected Short Stories of Saki (Wordsworth Classics)

'All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other peoples' Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastor and The Unrest Cure. 'We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart'

• ASIN: 1853260711
• ASIN: 1853260711
• ISBN: 9781853260711
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd

The Complete Saki: 145 Novels and Short Stories (Golden Deer Classics)

Saki's (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England.His subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldn't feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouse's 'Bertie Wooster'.The fatal flaw of hypocrisy receives particular attention in Saki's world, with vengeful justice often meted out in the m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B077MGS683
• ASIN: B077MGS683
• Manufacturer: Oregan Publishing

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

• ASIN: B077Q2KFV3
• ASIN: B077Q2KFV3
• Manufacturer: Green World Classics

7 best short stories: Humor (7 best short stories - specials Book 26)

 The ability to produce humor and laughter is one of the things that makes us human. Humor implies a complex knowledge of the world and the ability to interpret reality in multiple layers. That said, it is not surprising that many authors have chosen humorous fiction to convey their message.The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that use humor to reach and entertain the reader:A Burlesque Autobiography by Mark TwainLuck by Mark TwainThe Death of a Government Clerk by Anton ChekhovThe Mouse by SakiThe Nose by Nikolai GogolSoaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07TDLT4HC
• ASIN: B07TDLT4HC
• Manufacturer: Tacet Books

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction

• ASIN: B077QT6CMD
• ASIN: B077QT6CMD
• Manufacturer: Lovecraft HP

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 746152764

The Complete Short Stories of Saki

The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories. In 'The Open Window' an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life.

• UPC: 55988192
• Rating: 4.5

The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro) - eBook

Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name

• UPC: 589014913
• Rating: 4.5

The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)

Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name

• UPC: 15697530
• Rating: 4.5

The Best American Short Stories 2005

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from

• UPC: 34682001
• Rating: 3.75

The Complete Saki: 145 Novels and Short Stories - eBook

Saki's (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of

• UPC: 671299562
• Rating: 4.0

The Complete Saki: 145 Novels and Short Stories (Golden Deer Classics) - eBook

Saki's (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of

• UPC: 907496755
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

9781420938036

• UPC: 21019188
• Rating: 4.25

Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki, Fiction, Classic, Literary, Short Stories

Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's

• UPC: 287806515
• Rating: 4.0

Short Stories by Saki (Stephen Fry Presents) - Audiobook

Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable short stories of our time. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories

• UPC: 203423713
• Rating: 4.5

The Best Short Stories of Saki (Collector's Library) by Saki Hardback Book The

• UPC: 302872420400
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 7 USD

The Best of Saki (Penguin Popular Classics) by Saki

• UPC: 142854477792
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 3 USD

The Best of Saki (Penguin Popular Classics) By Saki

• UPC: 333046595224
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 3 USD