Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by
the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer
whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian
society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often
compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde,
Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward,
and P. G. Wodehouse.[1]
the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer
whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian
society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often
compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde,
Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward,
and P. G. Wodehouse.[1]
Beside his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as
was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes),
he wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude;
two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book
published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic
The Westminster Alice (a Parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland), and When William Came,
subtitled A Story of London
Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion of Britain.
was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes),
he wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude;
two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book
published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic
The Westminster Alice (a Parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland), and When William Came,
subtitled A Story of London
Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion of Britain.
| Hector Hugh Munro | |
|---|---|
 Hector Hugh Munro by E.O. Hoppé (1913) | |
| Born | 18 December 1870 Akyab, Burma |
| Died | 13 November 1916 (aged 45) Beaumont-Hamel, France |
| Pen name | Saki |
| Occupation | Author, Playwright |
| Nationality | British |
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Activity: Read the story and aswer
How are the characteristic features of English idiosyncrasy reflected in this short story?
