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    The Toys of Peace, and other papers
    The Toys of Peace, and other papers
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    The Toys of Peace, and other papers

    By Saki

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    Release dateApr 1, 2001
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    Saki

    Saki (1870-1916) was the pen name of British novelist and short story writer Hector Hugh Munro. Born in British Burma, Munro was the son of Inspector General Charles Augustus Munro of the Indian Imperial Police and his wife Mary Frances Mercer. Following his mother’s death from a tragic accident in 1872, Munro was sent to live in England with his paternal grandmother. In 1893, he returned to Burma to work for the Indian Imperial Police but was forced to resign in just over a year due to serious illness. He moved to London in 1896 to pursue a career as a writer. He found some success as a journalist and soon published The Rise of the Russian Empire (1900), a work of history. Emboldened, he began writing stories and novels, earning praise for Reginald (1904), a short story collection, and When William Came (1913), an invasion novel. Known for his keen wit and satirical outlook on Edwardian life, Munro was considered a master literary craftsman in his time. A gay man, he was forced to conceal his sexual identity in order to avoid criminal prosecution. At 43 years of age, he enlisted in the British cavalry and went to France to fight in the Great War. He was killed by a German sniper at the Battle of the Ancre.

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    • 3/5
      A collection of short stories by Saki. I didn't understand a couple of them - the ones that seemed to be mostly about the Balkan Wars? But obviously I enjoyed the mockery of Edwardian high society.
    • 5/5
      Sharp collection of short stories by Munro, who died during World War I and thus had his career cut short by a combat death. A number of the entries are either hilarious (such as the title story, which is a sharp rebuke to those trying to induce children to take up "peaceful" toys), or have a definite bite to them. A number of references to contemporary politics (such as unrest in Mexico or Albania, or the suffragette movement) betray the ca. 1910-1914 time period in which the stories were written, but remarkably, the stories by and large hold up. Well worth picking up.

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