The Toys of Peace and other papers, by Saki Richard Crowest
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- Comedy
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‘We are merely trammelled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilised society.’
A series of professionally produced readings of the penultimate collection of satirical short stories by Saki (H H Munro).
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For the Duration of the War
“It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him.”
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The Purple of the Balkan Kings
“Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”
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The Image of the Lost Soul
“There floated up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below.”
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Hyacinth
“‘Children with Hyacinth’s temperament don’t know better as they grow older; they merely know more.’”
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The Oversight
“‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”