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Author Description British writer Hector Hugh Munro under pen name Saki published his witty and sometimes bitter short stories in collections, such as <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/937219.The_Chronicles_of_Clovis" title="The Chronicles of Clovis" rel="nofollow noopener">The Chronicles of Clovis</a> </i> (1911).<br /><br />His sometimes macabre satirized Edwardian society and culture. People consider him a master and often compare him to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8993.William_Sydney_Porter" title="William Sydney Porter" rel="nofollow noopener">William Sydney Porter</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24956.Dorothy_Rothschild_Parker" title="Dorothy Rothschild Parker" rel="nofollow noopener">Dorothy Rothschild Parker</a>. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23475666.The_Open_Window" title="The Open Window" rel="nofollow noopener">The Open Window</a>," perhaps his most famous, closes with the line, "Romance at short notice was her specialty," which thus entered the lexicon. Newspapers first and then several volumes published him as the custom of the time. <br /><br />His works include<br />* a full-length play, <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32995897.The_Watched_Pot" title="The Watched Pot" rel="nofollow noopener">The Watched Pot</a> </i>, in collaboration with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3465549.Charles_Maude" title="Charles Maude" rel="nofollow noopener">Charles Maude</a>; <br />* two one-act plays; <br />* a historical study, <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40510221.The_Rise_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="The Rise of the Russian Empire" rel="nofollow noopener">The Rise of the Russian Empire</a> </i>, the only book under his own name; <br />* a short novel, <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242913.The_Unbearable_Bassington" title="The Unbearable Bassington" rel="nofollow noopener">The Unbearable Bassington</a> </i>; <br />* the episodic <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7192311.The_Westminster_Alice" title="The Westminster Alice" rel="nofollow noopener">The Westminster Alice</a> </i>, a parliamentary parody of <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24213.Alice_in_Wonderland" title="Alice in Wonderland" rel="nofollow noopener">Alice in Wonderland</a> </i>; <br />* and <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40510748.When_William_Came__A_Story_of_London_under_the_Hohenzollerns" title="When William Came: A Story of London under the Hohenzollerns" rel="nofollow noopener">When William Came: A Story of London under the Hohenzollerns</a> </i>, an early alternate history. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3565.Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde" rel="nofollow noopener">Oscar Wilde</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8164.Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll" rel="nofollow noopener">Lewis Carroll</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19963570.Joseph_Rudyard_Kipling" title="Joseph Rudyard Kipling" rel="nofollow noopener">Joseph Rudyard Kipling</a>, influenced Munro, who in turn influenced <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/81466.A__A__Milne" title="A. A. Milne" rel="nofollow noopener">A. A. Milne</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7963.Pelham_Grenville_Wodehouse" title="Pelham Grenville Wodehouse" rel="nofollow noopener">Pelham Grenville Wodehouse</a>.

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