To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



Reginald's Christmas Revel

Hardback

Main Details

Title Reginald's Christmas Revel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Saki
SeriesLittle Clothbound Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 167,Width 120
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780241597026
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
NZ Release Date 7 February 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. With his signature flair and razor-sharp wit, Saki is an undisputed master of the short story. His tales are by turns hilarious, festive, supernatural and macabre, but all offer fabulous, bite-sized satires of a decadent upper-class Edwardian world.

Author Biography

Hector Hugo Munro, better known by his pen name Saki, was born in Burma in 1870. He came to England for schooling following the early death of his mother, and was raised by his grandmother. After much travelling he followed in his father's footsteps and worked for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, before falling ill and returning to England to pursue a career in journalism. He published his first book, The Rise of the Russian Empire, in 1900. Throughout his writing career he worked as a foreign correspondent and fought in World War I, during which he was killed by a sniper in 1916. He is considered a master of the short story form.