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Originally Posted by gmw
Pleased to hear you sound enthusiastic, less pleased that it sounds like you've read/heard of a lot of them - always a high risk with this sort of nomination. I did wonder if Clovis might be best for a club discussion (if it gets that far) because the stories would have something in common to keep the discussion together a bit more, maybe.
I got reminded about wanting to try Saki while researching availability of a book by A.A. Milne: Not that it Matters. Published in 1920 it's public domain in the U.S. but not elsewhere. (Available on Project Gutenberg for any interested Americans.) It's a collection of newspaper articles he wrote, whimsical rather than funny, but I enjoyed it very much. It includes such topics as the joy of writing - actually using the pen; the best way to organise your library - when you find the time; the charm of golf - being a good game for a bad player; goldfish and how they came to have a diet of ant eggs; why daffodils are the best flowers and oranges the best fruit ... and lots more. It also includes an article about The Wind in the Willows that includes a favourite quote. |
I'd have no objection to revisiting and I haven't checked
The Chronicles of Clovis for the stories that made it into the anthology I heard in any case. I do know that one particularly powerful story, "Sredni Vashtar," is in
Clovis and worth reading for that alone.
I'll note as an aside that the Lit Club read Saki its very first year exactly seven years ago and as a result I don't many of us are still around.
ETA: Oh, and thanks for the Milne mention, which I'm going to go ahead and download. I'll admit I'm not much of a Pooh fan (being more in the Dorothy Parker camp), but this sounds delightful.