This volume contains two imaginary tales of a, German invasion of England. The first, The Battle of Dorking, was written in 1871 by Sir George Tomkyns Chesny, and sparked great controversy when it was initially serialized anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine. It inflamed the English anxieties over the emergence of Germany as a great military power, and raised doubts about the preparedness of Britain for a possible war. In the story, German invaders conquer England because they are better trained, better equipped, and have a vast conscript army. In turn, the story is both a thinly-veiled call to action by Chesny, as well as a well-crafted work of fiction. The second story in the volume, When William Came by Saki, is a bitter tale which imagines England under the rule of a German royalty now ensconced in Buckingham Palace. Written in 1913, it was published at a time when world war was inevitable--indeed, Saki would soon lose his life in the war on the continent.  Both books mark the course of the then-flourishing "future war" genre, showing the fascination for invention on the part of the authors, and their impassioned pleas to their readers patriotism.

The Battle of Dorking, and When William Came (Oxford Popular Fiction)

Munro, Hector Hugh

Chesny, George Tomkyns

Oxford University Press

Complete Works of Saki

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

BODLEY HEAD LIMITED (ENGLAND)

The death of Oscar Wilde in 1900 left the position of The Wittiest Man in the World open and up for grabs. There seemed no clear inheritor. Then, over the next couple of years, in the pages of the Westminster Gazette, there slowly emerged someone whose political satires and sketches of society brought the Wildean barb screaming into the new century. He was a man by the name of Hector Munro, but very few knew that. All his pieces were signed with a name now synonymous with wit - simply Saki. - "Youth should suggest innocence." "But never act on the suggestion." - "Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum." Saki's savage sketches of society were initially centred around one character, uncannily like himself. Reginald is dangerous. Brutally honest, not interested in mediocrity or convention, he cuts a hilarious swathe through more polite circles. These 15 pieces were first collected together in 1904. - "Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent." - "The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience: you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences of the other." - "I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word." Saki (Hector Munro) was born in Burma in 1870. He was sent to boarding school in Devon and Bedfordshire. Following his father into the Imperial Police, he was posted back to Burma. After contracting malaria, he returned to England where his writing career blossomed. When war broke out in 1914, he refused a commission and joined up as an ordinary trooper. During the Battle of the Ancre in 1916, whilst resting in a crater, he was shot by a German sniper. His output included some of the funniest stories in the English language, as well as plays, essays and two novels.

Reginald

SAKI

Humor & Satire

Michael Walmer

The Chronicles of Clovis

BiblioBazaar

Reginald by Saki, Fiction, Classic,Literary, Short Stories

"Reginald" from Hector Hugh Munro. British author, known by the pen name Saki (1870-1916).

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Classic Literature for Christian Homeschoolers, Volume 4: Short Story Classics

TOLSTOY, LEO

DODGE, Mary Mapes

DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY

Porter, William Sydney

Fitzgerald,F.Scott

TWAIN,MARK

MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud

Independently published

Als Wilhelm kam (German Edition)

This book compiles various masterful samples of the enormous talent of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro. In each story, you can see his fondness for absurd situations, his skillful balance between humor and unsettling terror, the cynical portrayal of characters and the relentless mockery of British hallmarks. Enjoy and let yourself be illustrated by the hand of this key and scathing figure of early 19th century English humorous literature.

Cuentos ilustres SAKI (Clásicos ilustrados) (Spanish Edition)

Genre Fiction

Editorial Alma

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