โ Les Giblin
๐ Fiction
๐
2011
๐ English
โ 50 KB
๐ 2 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Christmas With Dull People
โ Scribed by Saki
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 19 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
If you've ever stayed with dull people during what is alleged to be the festive season, you'll know a good dose of Saki is the only cure.
These Christmas stories present Saki at his inimitable, satirical best as he addresses the most perilous aspects of the holiday period: visiting dull relatives, tolerating Christmas Eve merriment, receiving unwanted gifts, and writing ecstatic thank-you cards for those aforementioned gifts.
'Reginald's Christmas Revel' and 'Reginald on Christmas Presents' provide us with fabulously droll wit and wisdom from one of Saki's best-loved characters. In 'Bertie's Christmas Eve' the Steffink family is served some Yuletide revenge by young cousin Bertie, while in 'Down Pens' Egbert and Janetta conceive of an ingenious way to never write another thank-you letter again.
The undisputed master of the English short story, never is Saki's satire sharper than when dissecting the customs of the upper classes at Christmas. These are four...
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