"Sredni Vashtar" is a macabre story by Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under this pseudonym
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Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories by Saki  Reviews, Discussion ...  Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories has 153 ratings and 9 reviews. ... Born in Burma in 1870, Scottish writer H.H. Munro (his pseudonym is from FitzGerald's ... He began writing short stories under the moniker 'Saki'--taken either from a .... as Sittwe, Myanmar), was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories...
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Saki: What the Weird Knows - Weird Fiction Review  Jul 6, 2015 ... Munro is considered to be a master of the short story having influenced diverse ... Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), pen name Saki, was no stranger to disorientation. ... and, most pertinent to our purposes, a writer under the pen-name of Saki. .... Sredni Vashtar in the Woodshed  What the Weird Knows.
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Context of short stories - Wilding's class codex  SREDNI VASHTAR  by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Scottish-born writer whose stories satirize the Edwardian social scene, often in a macabre and cruel way.
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H. H. Munro - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online ...  H.H. Munro [pseudonym Saki] (1870-1916), prolific Scottish author of the Edwardian ... both being referred to in his acerbically witty and sometimes macabre stories. ... were most likely models for a few of his characters, notably Sredni Vashtar. ... Munro and his siblings were initially educated under tutelage of governesses.
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Saki - Wikipedia  Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870  14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories ... and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, .... "Sredni Vashtar"[edit].
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From the Surrey Shore, Vol. 2, No. 5 - Hated Rivals on the Surrey ...  Yes, the Napoleon of Crime will be among the subjects of November's ... horror story that Doyle based on a local legend; he added Holmes to the story only ... Frankensteineven though, in truth, it appeared three years after the end of the century. ... In his short tale The Horror from the Heights, Doyle even prefigured some...
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The Malcolm Lowry Project: Under the Volcano - University of Otago  In the margin of the manuscript at this point Lowry has written 'Huxley', presumably ... suggests that when the mind wanders without knowingly aiming at any goal, "the set of ..... Like Helen, who betrayed her country by going with Paris to Troy, Doa ...... variants) changes from the original were only minimal, mainly deletions.
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13 True Stories Behind Edgar Allan Poe's Terror Tales - Biography ...  Oct 7, 2015 ... Famous Lookalikes ... No other 19-century author is as omnipresent in today's pop culture. .... Edgar Allan Poe's first horror story, Berenice, is the tale of a man so ... The inspiration for the arrogant victim Fortunato might just be one of ... Poe won the war because The Cask of Amontillado has become a...
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The Omega Man By Richard Matheson 1971 - Pinterest  A Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. .... The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories | Flickr - Photo Sharing! ..... The Invisible Man, H. G. Wells, Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, Universal Pictures ..... Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever.
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Open Secrets: Stories: Alice Munro: 9780679755623: Amazon.com ...  Buy Open Secrets: Stories on Amazon.com  FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. ... In these eight tales, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly recollected. .... "Open Secrets" (1994) is more than a collection of stories -- it straddles the .... Alice Munro is one of a kind writer, awesome short story writer.
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley ...  Contains the complete texts of The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell ..... in a controlled experiment into the psychological effects of the drug mescalin. ... by author of famed science fiction novel Brave New World (which, as of writing, ..... he is a poor visualiser and experiences less than the visions described and...
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Saki - Wikipedia  Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870  14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was ... Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at ... the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington;...
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Tarzan (book series) - Wikipedia  Tarzan is a series of twenty-four adventure novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, followed by ... As he grows up, Tarzan becomes a skilled hunter, exciting the jealousy of Kerchak, the ape leader, who finally attacks him. Tarzan kills .... The action is commonly believed to be set during World War I (1914-1918). However...
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J! Archive - Show #3372, aired 1999-04-13  These winds that blow through India from June to September bring the country most of ... Shh! A 1994 short story collection by Alice Munro is titled "Open" these...
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jeopardy/1018_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  HISTORICAL NOVELS | Highland raiders known as the Children of the Mist wreak havoc in "The Legend of Montrose" by this 19th c. author | Sir Walter Scott.
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H.H. Munro (SAKI) - American Literature  The H.H. Munro (SAKI) Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and ... was a witty British author who published under the pen name SAKI or H.H. Munro. ... Readers that would like to explore the short stories of H.H. Munro (Saki)...
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Troilus and Cressida, Classics Corner Discussion - Constant Reader  The play was also influenced by Geoffrey Chaucer's love poem Troilus and .... Hector, who might have rejected a sordid end, in fact makes up his mind to degrade himself and is then killed like an animal. .... In modern productions, Pandarus is most often described as simpering. ..... MARGARELON: A bastard son of Priam's.
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The Masque of the Red Death  by Edgar Allan Poe ... There was a sharp turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a ... But, in spite of these things, it was a gay and magnificent revel. .... while none followed him on account of a deadly terror that had seized upon all.
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Brave New World What's Up With the Title? - Shmoop  But the most important reference, at least thematically, is to The Tempest. ... In Huxley's novel, the line is spoken by John, the "Savage" raised on an Indian ... In the play, you've got a young woman named Miranda, who has been on an island her ... Which brings us back to the irony of having John the Savage repeat this line.
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One Thousand and One Nights - Wikipedia  One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and .... It is represented in print by the so-called Calcutta I (18141818) and most ...... Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade" (1845). .... Indian Kvya Literature: The art of storytelling, Volume VI.