Titre : |
The best of Saki. |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Saki., Auteur |
Editeur : |
england : Penguin books |
Année de publication : |
1994 |
Importance : |
179p. |
Format : |
18cm*11cm. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-14-062134-1 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
820 Littérature de langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
The short stories of Saki give brief but dazzling glimpses into the lives of the Edwardian rich: a class that virtually disappeared with the advent of the First World War. In the splendour of Edwardian drawing rooms we encounter the opinionated and divinely dressed Reginald, the acid-tongued sophisticate Clovis and a host of other wealthy and well-to-do Englishmen and women from duchesses and dowagers to great-aunts, nannies and a talking cat. With delicious malice, Saki portrays the follies, eloquence, tradition and foibles of his characters. In a style that brings to mind the wit of Oscar Wilde, the satire of Swift and the macabre humour of Waugh, these stories nevertheless demonstrate that Saki`s voice was uniquely his own: wickedly amusing and as sharp and sparkling as cut glass. |
The best of Saki. [texte imprimé] / Saki., Auteur . - england : Penguin books, 1994 . - 179p. ; 18cm*11cm. ISBN : 978-0-14-062134-1 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
Index. décimale : |
820 Littérature de langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
The short stories of Saki give brief but dazzling glimpses into the lives of the Edwardian rich: a class that virtually disappeared with the advent of the First World War. In the splendour of Edwardian drawing rooms we encounter the opinionated and divinely dressed Reginald, the acid-tongued sophisticate Clovis and a host of other wealthy and well-to-do Englishmen and women from duchesses and dowagers to great-aunts, nannies and a talking cat. With delicious malice, Saki portrays the follies, eloquence, tradition and foibles of his characters. In a style that brings to mind the wit of Oscar Wilde, the satire of Swift and the macabre humour of Waugh, these stories nevertheless demonstrate that Saki`s voice was uniquely his own: wickedly amusing and as sharp and sparkling as cut glass. |
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