What is the genre of the story the open window by Saki?

Answer 1

Horror

Answer 2

Framton Nuttle, a nervous young man, has come to stay in the country for his health. His sister, who thinks he should socialise while he is there, has given him letters of introduction to families in the neighbourhood who she got to know when she was staying there a few years previously.

Framton goes to visit a Mrs Stapleton, and while he is waiting for her to come down, he is entertained by her fifteen-year-old niece. The niece tells him that the French window is kept open, even though it is October, because her aunt's husband and her brothers were killed in a shooting accident three years ago, and Mrs Stapleton believes they will come back one day.

When Mrs Stapleton comes down she talks about her husband and brothers, and how they are going to come back from the shooting soon, and Frampton, believing she is derranged, tries to get her to distract her by talking about his health. Then, to his horror, Mrs Stapleton points out that her husband and brothers are coming, and he sees them walking towards the window, with their dog. He thinks he is seeing ghosts, and runs away.

Mrs Stapleton can't understand why he has run away, and when her husband and brothers (who of course are not ghosts) come in, she tells them about the odd young man who has just left. The niece explains that Frampton Nuttal ran away because of the spaniel, he is afraid of dogs since being hunted by a pack of pariah dogs in India. (the niece enjoys making up stories about people).

Answer 3

"The Open Window" by Saki is a short story that falls under the genre of literary fiction. It is specifically categorized as a dark comedy or a satire, as it uses humor and irony to comment on societal norms and human behavior. Saki, the pen name of H.H. Munro, is known for his satirical and witty writing style, which is evident in this particular story.

Answer 4

Franton Nuttel visited Mrs.Sappleton's village to take rest for a few days to cure his nerve disease. He had brought a letter of introduction from his sister who four years earlier had lived there. He met Mrs. Sappleton's niece Miss. Vera alone in the house. Vera was very clever at making instant stories and playing tricks, and romance at short notice was her speciality. The story contains her two such tricks. Her initial questioning of Nuttel revealed that he was new to the place, he did not know her aunt in person and that he was of weak nerves. She pointed to the open French window which served also as a door and told him about a tragedy happened in that house. Mrs. Sappleton's husband and her two younger brothers through that window had gone three years before for shooting birds in the marsh and had never returned. It is said that they, along with their dog, had disappeared in a bog. The window was always kept open so that the four ghosts could return at any time any day.

Franton was frightened. When Mrs. Sappleton returned home, she also talked about keeping the window always open, and elaborated on shooting birds in the bog. Mr. Nuttel was further frightened who in many ways tried to divert the subject of conversation, but who to listen? Then Mrs. Sappleton announced that the hunters were returning. Vera looked out pretending fear. Mr.Nuttel felt very sorry for coming into that house. He looked through the open window and saw three hunters and a dog coming to the house. It was enough for him. He thought them to be real ghosts. He took his hat and stick, ran out through the front door and through the gate, hit a man and disappeared into the darkness beyond. Mrs. Sappleton commented that he might have seen some ghost to have disappeared that way without saying a word of good- bye or apology. The hunters were wondering who the man was. Vera explained to them that it was a nerve-sick visitor and made up another story to support that frantic escape. The man while in India was once chased by a pack of wild dogs and had to spent night in a newly dug grave with the dogs just above him. Since then he was nervous about and afraid of dogs. It was their dog that terribly frightened him to flee.

Answer 5

I thought that the short story "Open Window" was interesting because the man had a very small penis.

Answer 6

The genre of "Open Window" is fiction