The Complete Short Stories

Informationen zum Autor Hector Hugo Munro, better known by his pen name Saki , was born in Burma in 1870. He came to England for schooling following the early death of his mother, and was raised by his grandmother. After much travelling he followed in his father's footsteps and worked for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, before falling ill and returning to England to pursue a career in journalism. He published his first book, The Rise of the Russian Empire , in 1900. Throughout his writing career he worked as a foreign correspondent and fought in World War I, during which he was killed by a sniper in 1916. He is considered a master of the short story form. Klappentext Born H H Munro in Burma in 1870, Saki was educated in England and returned to Burma to join the police force in 1893. Returning to London in 1896, he worked for the Westminster Gazette and was Balkans correspondent for the Morning Post from 1902. He was killed on the Western Front during World War 1, having volunteered for active service despite being over 40. Zusammenfassung Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations.

Product details

• Authors: H. Munro, H.H. Munro, Saki
• Assisted by: H. Munro (Editor), Munro H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.11.2000
• EAN: 9780141184494
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118449-4
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Short Stories, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary