Saki the interlopers biography for kids youtube

The English short-story writer Hector Hugh Munro , better known by his pen name Saki a pen name he probably borrowed from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam , is one of the wittiest and funniest writers of short fiction in all of English literature — arguably the not-so-missing link between Oscar Wilde and P. Yet his work remains less widely read and appreciated than it deserves, in our view.

There was an unusual sense of luxury in being able to talk to an aunt as though one was talking to the Evil One, but Nicholas knew, with childish discernment, that such luxuries were not to be over-indulged in. Specifically, it is about how one clever but mischievous boy, Nicholas, seeks to outwit his aunt so he can gain access to the lumber-room with its hidden treasures and curiosities.

In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window, they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. It concerns a nervous man, newly arrived in town, who is told the tragic story of why the French windows in the house he visits are always kept open….

The Houdan hen was never drawn into the cult of Sredni Vashtar.

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Conradin had long ago settled that she was an Anabaptist. He did not pretend to have the remotest knowledge of what an Anabaptist was, but he privately hoped that it was dashing and not very respectable. The story also draws on the fairy-tale trope of the child having a wish granted — but here, with appalling results. The young Conradin lives with his cousin and guardian, but worships a ferret in the garden shed, and is best friends with a hen.

He had a stuffed bittern in his study, and knew the names of quite a number of wild flowers, so his aunt had possibly some justification in describing him as a great naturalist. At any rate, he was a great walker. It was his custom to take mental notes of everything he saw during his walks, not so much for the purpose of assisting contemporary science as to provide topics for conversation afterwards.

This classic story fuses Gothic horror with Edwardian wit and more than a dash of homoeroticism. Saki was writing at the height of his powers here, and every sentence is laced with fine wit.