Saki & the Comic Tale

The short comic story at its sharpest — Saki’s cruel little masterpieces and the wickedly funny tales of the Edwardian drawing room.

Elegant, heartless, perfect

In this collection

• The House Without Windows
• Pike's Peak or Bust
• The Piping Fisherman
• The Crab and the Fox
• The Old Men
• Translation of the First Chorus in the Œdipus Tyrrannus of Sophocles
• Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
• The Case of Oscar Brodski
• Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance
• The Conversazzhyony
• The Annexe Eight at the Dinner Table
• The Chouans
• Monsieur Delamort
• Valentine's Night
• Mrs. Temperly
• Miscellaneous
• The Indian Bangle
• The Savage John and the Civilized Jesus
• The Middle Five
• The Myth in Marriage
• The Scots Brigade
• The Father's Worshippers
• Our Parish: The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-Pay Captain
• A Bubble Reputation
• A Martyr to Conscience
• An Absent Vicar
• Arcades Ambo
• Dog Trust
• The Lost Notes

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