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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust ran across a marvelous quote by someone I'd never heard of
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.H H Munro
1870-1916
Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki... was a British writer whose witty, mischievous, and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.
Glorfindel
(9,750 posts)You won't be sorry!
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)Right back 'atcha!!
Leith
(7,817 posts)Tobermory was a cat who was taught how to talk. As you may expect, Tobermory didn't give a flying fuck about human sensibilities or who he embarrassed or hurt.
The Chronicles of Clovis is good, too.
They are quite funny, in a macabre way.
Edited to add: Sorry, I forgot to mention that they are no longer under copyright. Google "stories by Saki" and you will find lots to download for free.
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)I've run across cats with that name but I never knew what its origin was-- now I know. (Rather embarrassing for someone who majored in English to admit!)
Thanks for the recommendations!
Leith
(7,817 posts)In my 20s, I went through a period where I read a bunch of late 19th and early 20th century literature like Arthur Conan Doyle, some Thomas Hardy, and H H Monro. I guess it made me feel like an intellectual or something.
Another good one to start with is The Open Window. Enjoy!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,034 posts)thru it for laughing so hard. Same when he'd try to read PG Wodehouse to us kids.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,832 posts)ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)I don't know WHY I was so drawn to it-- it just jumped out at me.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,832 posts)Greetings back atcha, dear ailsagirl!
DavidDvorkin
(19,511 posts)He was a man of his times. He wrote a short story a few years before WWI broke out in which he predicted the war, England losing, and being ruled by a German Empire which in turn was ruled by conniving Jews. At the time, many in England believed that the Jews did control Germany and were behind German belligerence.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I won't say more. Might get me into trouble.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)Can't wait to get it!!
Thanks, everyone, for your comments.
DFW
(54,518 posts)I read and reread and reread that story a thousand times when I was about 12.
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)I'll add that to my list
DFW
(54,518 posts)Sredni Vashtar is often referred to as Saki`s/Munro's "darkest tale."
Maybe that's why it has always been my favorite
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)DFW
(54,518 posts)You'll LOVE both stories.
Just be careful as to whom you admit it!
ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)jcboon
(297 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)ailsagirl
(22,911 posts)DFW
(54,518 posts)It IS a classic, but Saki would never have written anything like that.