Contents: IntroductionPlot Summary Characters Themes Style Critical Overview Criticism Sources |
Further Reading
- Cheikin, Miriam Quen. Review in English Literature in Transition Vol. 21, no. 2, 1978, pp. 121-31.
A review refuting the consensus that Saki focused on childish themes, devices, and cruelties, and supporting the author as a practical joker.
- Langguth, A.J. Saki: A Life of Hector Hugh Munro New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981, 366 p.
A biography containing anecdotes and analyses of Saki’s fiction.
- Spears, George James. The Satire of Saki: A Study in the Satiric Art of Hector H. Munro. New York: Exposition Press, 1963.
Spears addresses the novels, plays, short stories, and political satire of Saki. He begins with a short chapter entitled “The Satiric Tradition” that provides an introduction to the context within which he reads Saki’s work.
