Beasts and Super-Beasts: Stories of Edwardian Malice
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A girl explains to a nervous visitor why the French window is always left open, a governess is disposed of with tact, and a bachelor on a train tells three children a story about a horribly good little girl. Saki was born in Burma and raised by two tyrannical aunts whom he spent his career killing in print; each story is three pages long, ends on a line you do not see coming, and he was shot dead by a sniper on the Somme at forty-five. Sixty plates of painting from 1821 to 1908, by painters including James Tissot and David Roberts, catch the social comedy and uneasy landscapes behind these tales.
A girl explains to a nervous visitor why the French window is always left open, a governess is disposed of with tact, and a bachelor on a train tells three children a story about a horribly good little girl. Saki was born in Burma and raised by two tyrannical aunts whom he spent his career killin...
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Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, a British writer born in Burma in 1870, who worked as a journalist in England and as a foreign correspondent in the Balkans, Russia, and Paris. He died in 1916 while serving in World War I, and his short story collections include The Chronicles of Clovis and Beasts and Super-Beasts.
Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, a British writer born in Burma in 1870, who worked as a journalist in England and as a foreign correspondent in the Balkans, Russia, and Paris. He died in 1916 while serving in World War I, and his short story collections include The Chronicles of Clovi...
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