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Bertie’s Christmas Eve by Saki

Published On Thursday, December 02, 2010. Under: Featured, Saki.
Bertie's Christmas Eve  by Saki   It was Christmas Eve, and the family circle of Luke Steffink, Esq., was aglow with the amiability and random mirth which the occasion demanded.  A long and lavish dinner had been partaken of, waits had been round and sung carols; the house-party ...

THE BYZANTINE OMELETTE by Saki

Published On Friday, August 20, 2010. Under: Featured, Saki.
THE BYZANTINE OMELETTE by Saki ((1870–1916) Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.  The particular member of that wealthy family whom she had married was rich, even as his relatives counted riches.  Sophie had very advanced and decided views as to the ...

REGINALD IN RUSSIA by Saki

Published On Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Under: Saki.
REGINALD IN RUSSIA by Saki Reginald sat in a corner of the Princess's salon and tried to forgive the furniture, which started out with an obvious intention of being Louis Quinze, but relapsed at frequent intervals into Wilhelm II. He classified the Princess with that distinct type of ...

TOBERMORY by Saki

Published On Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Under: Saki.
TOBERMORY by Saki It was a chill, rain-washed afternoon of a late August day, that indefinite season when partridges are still in security or cold storage, and there is nothing to hunt—unless one is bounded on the north by the Bristol Channel, in which case one ...