The Story-Teller

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Classics, Romance
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Author: Hector Hugh Munro ISBN: 1230000453158
Publisher: Media Galaxy Publication: May 26, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Hector Hugh Munro
ISBN: 1230000453158
Publisher: Media Galaxy
Publication: May 26, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Hector Hugh Munro (1870 – 1916) was a British writer better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro. The biggest population acquired by means of his witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirizing Edwardian society and culture. He is often considered a master of shirt stories and compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and others famous writers. In his turn influenced A. A. Milne, Noel Coward and P.G. Wodehouse. The storyline focuses on an aunt with two nieces and a nephew of her. Children turned out to be very naughty and mischievous. In front of them sitting a bachelor who is not willing to stay for a long time in such kind of children concert. An aunt is travelling by train with her two nieces and a nephew. The children are naughty and mischievous. A bachelor is sitting opposite. The aunt starts telling a moralistic story, but is unable to satisfy the children's curiosity. The bachelor intervenes and tells a story in which the "good" person ends up being unwittingly devoured by a wolf, to the children's delight. The bachelor is amused by the thought that in the future the children will embarrass their guardian by begging to be told "an improper story".

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Hector Hugh Munro (1870 – 1916) was a British writer better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro. The biggest population acquired by means of his witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirizing Edwardian society and culture. He is often considered a master of shirt stories and compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and others famous writers. In his turn influenced A. A. Milne, Noel Coward and P.G. Wodehouse. The storyline focuses on an aunt with two nieces and a nephew of her. Children turned out to be very naughty and mischievous. In front of them sitting a bachelor who is not willing to stay for a long time in such kind of children concert. An aunt is travelling by train with her two nieces and a nephew. The children are naughty and mischievous. A bachelor is sitting opposite. The aunt starts telling a moralistic story, but is unable to satisfy the children's curiosity. The bachelor intervenes and tells a story in which the "good" person ends up being unwittingly devoured by a wolf, to the children's delight. The bachelor is amused by the thought that in the future the children will embarrass their guardian by begging to be told "an improper story".

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