The Unbearable Bassington

by Saki

Overview

Alone among Saki's works in being almost entirely located in London, this novel focuses on the Mayfair scene of bridge afternoons, dinner parties, and concerts. At the center of a group of brilliantly depicted bores and savage wits is Comus Bassington, "the beatiful wayward laughing boy."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480226760
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Saki (H.H. Munro) (1870 - 1916) was the author of numerous short stories, often humorous and macabre, and full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. His best known collections include Reginald (1904) and The Chronicles of Clovis (1911). He also wrote the novel The Unbearable Bassington (1912), a marvelous social satire of the upperclass Edwardian world. He was killed on the Western Front during the First World War.