Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914.Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. It was his final collection of stories before his death in World War I, and several of its stories, in particular "The Open Window" and "Sredni Vashtar", are reprinted frequently in anthologies.The majority of the volume's stories deal in one fashion with animals, providing the source for its title. The character of Clovis Sangrail, featured in earlier works by Saki, appears in several stories. Most of the stories appeared previously in periodicals.Stylistically, Beasts and Super-Beasts displays the simple language, cynicism and wry humor that characterize Saki's earlier literary output.
192 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 2014 by Independently Published · ISBN 9781086425154
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3 editions
English
- Beasts and Super-Beasts · Independently Published · 2019 · ISBN 9781086425154 This page
- Beasts and Super-Beasts: With an Biographical Introduction (Illustrated) · Independently Published · 2021 · ISBN 9798739611444
- Beasts and Super-Beasts · Freeman Press · 2014 · ISBN 9781473317543
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