{"product_id":"2940149343188","title":"The Complete Saki: 144 Collected Novels and Short Stories","description":"Saki's (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldn't feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouse's 'Bertie Wooster'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fatal flaw of hypocrisy receives particular attention in Saki's world, with vengeful justice often meted out in the most unlikely and unexpected fashion by birds, beasts and children alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection contains both novels by Saki, all of his short story collections, and also his individual short stories the were published outside collections - in total 144 separate works (including the collection \"The Square Egg and other Sketches\", frequently omitted from other collections)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe works contained in this collection are as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen William Came\u003cbr\u003eThe Unbearable Bassington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReginald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReginald\u003cbr\u003eReginald on Christmas Presents\u003cbr\u003eReginald on the Academy\u003cbr\u003eReginald at the Theatre\u003cbr\u003eReginald's Peace Poem\u003cbr\u003eReginald's Choir Treat\u003cbr\u003eReginald on Worries\u003cbr\u003eReginald on House-Parties\u003cbr\u003eReginald at the Carlton\u003cbr\u003eReginald on Besetting Sins\u003cbr\u003eReginald's Drama\u003cbr\u003eReginald on Tariffs\u003cbr\u003eReginald's Christmas Revel\u003cbr\u003eReginald's Rubaiyat\u003cbr\u003eThe Innocence of Reginald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReginald in Russia and Other Sketches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReginald in Russia\u003cbr\u003eThe Reticence of Lady Anne\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Sanjak\u003cbr\u003eThe Sex that Doesn't Shop\u003cbr\u003eThe Blood-Feud of Toad-Water\u003cbr\u003eA Young-Turkish Catastrophe\u003cbr\u003eJudkin of the Parcels\u003cbr\u003eGabriel-Ernest\u003cbr\u003eThe Saint and the Goblin\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul of Laploshka\u003cbr\u003eThe Bag\u003cbr\u003eThe Strategist\u003cbr\u003eCross Currents\u003cbr\u003eThe Baker's Dozen\u003cbr\u003eThe Mouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chronicles of Clovis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsmé\u003cbr\u003eThe Match-Maker\u003cbr\u003eTobermory\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Packletide's Tiger\u003cbr\u003eThe Stampeding of Lady Bastable\u003cbr\u003eThe Background\u003cbr\u003eHermann the Irascible—A Story of the Great Weep\u003cbr\u003eThe Unrest-Cure\u003cbr\u003eThe Jesting of Arlington Stringham\u003cbr\u003eSredni Vashtar\u003cbr\u003eAdrian\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaplet\u003cbr\u003eThe Quest\u003cbr\u003eWratislav\u003cbr\u003eThe Easter Egg\u003cbr\u003eFilboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse that Helped\u003cbr\u003eThe Music on the Hill\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of St. Vespaluus\u003cbr\u003eThe Way to the Dairy\u003cbr\u003eThe Peace Offering\u003cbr\u003eThe Peace of Mowsle Barton\u003cbr\u003eThe Talking-Out of Tarrington\u003cbr\u003eThe Hounds of Fate\u003cbr\u003eThe Recessional\u003cbr\u003eA Matter of Sentiment\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Sin of Septimus Brope\u003cbr\u003e\"Ministers of Grace\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Remoulding of Groby Lington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeasts and Super-Beasts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe She-Wolf\u003cbr\u003eLaura\u003cbr\u003eThe Boar-Pig\u003cbr\u003eThe Brogue\u003cbr\u003eThe Hen\u003cbr\u003eThe Open Window\u003cbr\u003eThe Treasure-Ship\u003cbr\u003eThe Cobweb\u003cbr\u003eThe Lull\u003cbr\u003eThe Unkindest Blow\u003cbr\u003eThe Romancers\u003cbr\u003eThe Schartz-Metterklume Method\u003cbr\u003eThe Seventh Pullet\u003cbr\u003eThe Blind Spot\u003cbr\u003eDusk\u003cbr\u003eA Touch of Realism\u003cbr\u003eCousin Teresa\u003cbr\u003eThe Yarkand Manner\u003cbr\u003eThe Byzantine Omelette\u003cbr\u003eThe Feast of Nemesis\u003cbr\u003eThe Dreamer\u003cbr\u003eThe Quince Tree\u003cbr\u003eThe Forbidden Buzzards\u003cbr\u003eThe Stake\u003cbr\u003eClovis on Parental Responsibilities\u003cbr\u003eA Holiday Task\u003cbr\u003eThe Stalled Ox\u003cbr\u003eThe Story-Teller\u003cbr\u003eA Defensive Diamond\u003cbr\u003eThe Elk\u003cbr\u003e\"Down Pens\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Name-Day\u003cbr\u003eThe Lumber Room\u003cbr\u003eFur\u003cbr\u003eThe Philanthropist and the Happy Cat\u003cbr\u003eOn Approval\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Toys of Peace and Other Papers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Toys of Peace\u003cbr\u003eLouise\u003cbr\u003eTea\u003cbr\u003eThe Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh\u003cbr\u003eThe Wolves of Cernogratz\u003cbr\u003eLouis\u003cbr\u003eThe Guests\u003cbr\u003eThe Penance\u003cbr\u003eThe Phantom Luncheon\u003cbr\u003eA Bread and Butter Miss\u003cbr\u003eBertie's Christmas Eve\u003cbr\u003eForewarned\u003cbr\u003eThe Interlopers\u003cbr\u003eQuail Seed\u003cbr\u003eCanossa\u003cbr\u003eThe Threat\u003cbr\u003eExcepting Mrs. Pentherby\u003cbr\u003eMark\u003cbr\u003eThe Hedgehog\u003cbr\u003eThe Mappined Life\u003cbr\u003eFate\u003cbr\u003eThe Bull\u003cbr\u003eMorlvera\u003cbr\u003eShock Tactics\u003cbr\u003eThe Seven Cream Jugs\u003cbr\u003eThe Occasional Garden\u003cbr\u003eThe Sheep\u003cbr\u003eThe Oversight\u003cbr\u003eHyacinth\u003cbr\u003eThe Image of the Lost Soul\u003cbr\u003eThe Purple of the Balkan Kings\u003cbr\u003eThe Cupboard of the Yesterdays\u003cbr\u003eFor the Duration of the War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Square Egg and Other Sketches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Square Egg\u003cbr\u003eBirds on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003eThe Gala Programme - An Unrecorded Episode in Roman History\u003cbr\u003eThe Infernal Parliament\u003cbr\u003eThe Achievement of the Cat\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Town of Pskoff\u003cbr\u003eClovis on the Alleged Romance of Business\u003cbr\u003eThe Comments of Moung Ka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncollected Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pond\u003cbr\u003eThe Holy War\u003cbr\u003eThe Almanack\u003cbr\u003eA Housing Problem\u003cbr\u003eA Sacrifice to Necessity\u003cbr\u003eA Shot in the Dark","brand":"Bybliotech","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168484671728,"sku":"2940149343188","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149343188_p0.jpg?v=1763715219","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149343188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}