Stories by HH Munro or Saki

September 10, 2019 00:57:00
Stories by HH Munro or Saki
Not Your Mother's Storytime
Stories by HH Munro or Saki

Sep 10 2019 | 00:57:00

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Show Notes

This week we bring you “The Open Window” and more from Hector Hugh Munro. H H Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward. The pen name "Saki" is most commonly assumed to be a reference to the cupbearer in the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. However, "Saki" may also be a reference to the South American monkey of that name. Either way, it’s a cool pen name! Enjoy

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