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The Battle of Dorking, and When William Cameby Saki , George Tomkyns Chesney, I.F. ClarkeISBN 0192832859 (0-19-283285-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Battle of Dorking, and When William Came'Book summary:This volume contains two imaginary tales of a, German invasion of England. The first, The Battle of Dorking, was written in 1871 by Sir George Tomkyns Chesny, and sparked great controversy when it was initially serialized anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine. It inflamed the English anxieties over the emergence of Germany as a great military power, and raised doubts about the preparedness of Britain for a possible war. In the story, German invaders conquer England because they are better trained, better equipped, and have a vast conscript army. In turn, the story is both a thinly-veiled call to action by Chesny, as well as a well-crafted work of fiction.
The second story in the volume, When William Came by Saki, is a bitter tale which imagines England under the rule of a German royalty now ensconced in Buckingham Palace. Written in 1913, it was published at a time when world war was inevitable--indeed, Saki would soon lose his life in the war on the continent.
Both books mark the course of the then-flourishing "future war" genre, showing the fascination for invention on the part of the authors, and their impassioned pleas to their readers patriotism. [via]More editions of The Battle of Dorking, and When William Came:
Best of Sakiby Saki , George Tomkyns Chesney, I.F. ClarkeISBN 0140044841 (0-14-004484-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Best of Sakiby Saki , George Tomkyns Chesney, I.F. ClarkeISBN 0330247328 (0-330-24732-8)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Best of Saki'Book summary:"Start a Saki story and you'll finish it. Finish one and you'll start another, and having finished them all you will never forget them because they are much more than funny". Tom Sharpe No writer has combined laughter with savagery more than Saki. Though he died sixty years ago, the blackness of his comedy is contemporary and his wit has lost none of its freshness and sparkle. At Edwardian tea tables his elegant characters defend themselves against a malignant Nature waiting to kill and maim. As Tom Sharpe says, "Step out though the french windows and you are back in Pan.." This selection of the best of Saki's stories gives a new generation the opportunity to be dazzlingly entertained - and to discover a rare and original contribution to English literature. [via]
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The Chronicles of Clovisby SakiISBN 0140183493 (0-14-018349-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Complete Short Storiesby Saki , H. MunroISBN 0141184493 (0-14-118449-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Short Stories'Book summary:Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation as a writer continued to grow long after his death. The stories of this title are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporary upper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story. [via]
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The Complete Works of Sakiby Saki , H. MunroISBN 0370303601 (0-370-30360-1)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Contrast: Short Storiesby Roger Mansfield, Dorothy Parker, Saki , Keith NewsonISBN 0080064337 (0-08-006433-7)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science & Technology
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Feudal World of Japanese Markeby SakiISBN 0000906093 (0-00-090609-3)
Hardcover, Harvard Business School Reprint
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The Hen and the Bullby SakiISBN 0140815384 (0-14-081538-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Mrs. Packletide's Tiger and Other Storiesby SakiISBN 0140815198 (0-14-081519-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Penguin Complete Sakiby SakiISBN 0140090037 (0-14-009003-7)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Complete Saki'Book summary:Saki is considered by many as perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's "golden afternoon" - the slow and peaceful years before World War I. This volume contains the whole of his work, including all the short stories, his three novels and three plays. [via]
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Sakiby SakiISBN 0140184201 (0-14-018420-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Saki, Short Storiesby Saki , Emlyn WilliamsISBN 0460001051 (0-460-00105-1)
Hardcover, Dent & Sons, J. M.
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Short Stories and the Unbearable Bassingtonby Saki , John CareyISBN 0192831690 (0-19-283169-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Short Stories of Sakiby Saki , John CareyISBN 0394604288 (0-394-60428-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Simply Stories: Mrs. Packletide's Tigerby SakiISBN 0140813977 (0-14-081397-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Tobermoryby SakiISBN 0091783682 (0-09-178368-2)
Hardcover, Hodder General Publishing Division
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tobermory'Book summary:This illustrated gift edition of Saki's cat story "Tobermory" is bound in richly ornamented papers and tied with individually embroidered ribbons, to resemble a gift-wrapped present. It includes a decorative bookmark showing the story's title and author. [via]
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Tooth and Clawby SakiISBN 019422676X (0-19-422676-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Tooth And Claw - Short Stories: Stage 3 1,000 Headwordsby Saki , Rosemary Border, Jennifer BassetISBN 0194230201 (0-19-423020-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tooth And Claw - Short Stories: Stage 3 1,000 Headwords'Book summary:Conradin is ten years old. He lives alone with his aunt. He has two big secrets. The first is that he hates his aunt. The second is that he keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed. The animal has sharp, white teeth, and it loves fresh blood. Every night, Conradin prays to this animal and asks it to do one thing for him, just one thing. This collection of short stories is clever, funny, and shows us 'Nature, red in tooth and claw'. In other words, it is Saki at his very best. [via]
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The Unbearable Bassingtonby SakiISBN 0192813714 (0-19-281371-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unbearable Bassington'Book summary:Alone among Saki's works in being almost entirely located in London, this novel focuses on the Mayfair scene of bridge afternoons, dinner parties, and concerts. At the center of a group of brilliantly depicted bores and savage wits is Comus Bassington, "the beatiful wayward laughing boy." [via]
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