Storyteller, the (1914) [Short Story]
by Saki
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A young cynic sharing a train compartment with three restless children and their exasperated governess is challenged to tell a story that will hold the children's wandering attention.
Originally published in the collection Beasts and Super-Beasts, 1914. Reprinted in:
- The Complete Works of Saki (Bodley Head, 1976)
- Funny Stories (Kingfisher Books, 1988)
Original title: The Storyteller
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Children & Young Adult→ Humorous Fiction
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Best of Saki, the (1976) [Collection]
Author: Saki
Funny Stories (1988) [Anthology]
Authors: Roald Dahl
, Isaac Bashevis Singer
, Italo Calvino
, Karel Capek
, Terry Jones
, Saki
, James Thurber
, Jay Williams
, Gerald Durrell
, Hans Christian Andersen
, Janosch
, Michael Rosen
, Henry Lawson
, Catherine Storr
, Judy Corbalis
, Margaret Mahy
, Jan Mark
, Adrian Mitchell
, Joyce Grenfell
, Roger McGough
, Ann Cameron
, Bill Naughton
, Robert Leeson
, Christine McDonnell
, Norman Hunter
, William Papas
, David Henry Wilson
, George Layton
, Julius Lester
, Eric Partridge
Funny Stories (1988) [Anthology]
Authors: Roald Dahl
, Isaac Bashevis Singer
, Italo Calvino
, Karel Capek
, Terry Jones
, Saki
, James Thurber
, Jay Williams
, Gerald Durrell
, Hans Christian Andersen
, Janosch
, Michael Rosen
, Henry Lawson
, Catherine Storr
, Judy Corbalis
, Margaret Mahy
, Jan Mark
, Adrian Mitchell
, Joyce Grenfell
, Roger McGough
, Ann Cameron
, Bill Naughton
, Robert Leeson
, Christine McDonnell
, Norman Hunter
, William Papas
, David Henry Wilson
, George Layton
, Julius Lester
, Eric Partridge
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