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A masterful collection of 28 short stories by Edwardian satirist Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pseudonym Saki. The Chronicles of Clovis includes many of Saki's best known tales, exemplifying his witty and multi-layered storytelling, satirizing the habits and morals of British society of his day.
- Esme The Match-Maker Tobermory
- Mrs. Packletide's Tiger
- The Stampeding of Lady Bastable
- The Background Hermann the Irascible
- The Unrest-Cure
- The Jesting of Arlington Stringham
- Sredni Vashtar
- Adrian The Chaplet
- The Quest
- Wratislav
- The Easter Egg
- Filboid Studge
- The Music on the Hill
- The Story of St. Vespaluus
- The Way to the Dairy
- The Peace Offering
- The Peace of Mowsle Barton
- The Talking-out of Tarrington
- The Hounds of Fate
- The Recessional
- A Matter of Sentiment
- The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope
- Ministers of Grace
- The Remoulding of Groby Lington
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About Hector Hugh Munro
Saki was the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916). In addition to his short stories, of which he was an acknowledged master, he also wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; a parody of Alice in Wonderland, The Westminster Alice; and a fantasy about England under German occupation, When William Came.