The Toys of Peace and Other Stories - Saki; Munro, H. H.
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This collection showcases Saki's signature wit, dark humor, and satirical take on Edwardian society. The title story, The Toys of Peace, humorously critiques the well-meaning but misguided efforts of parents to promote pacifism through "peaceful" toys. Throughout the collection, Saki masterfully exposes the absurdities of human behavior, often with unexpected twists, offering sharp commentary on social norms and human nature.

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This collection showcases Saki's signature wit, dark humor, and satirical take on Edwardian society. The title story, The Toys of Peace, humorously critiques the well-meaning but misguided efforts of parents to promote pacifism through "peaceful" toys. Throughout the collection, Saki masterfully exposes the absurdities of human behavior, often with unexpected twists, offering sharp commentary on social norms and human nature.
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Hector Hugh Munro (1870 - 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 satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse. Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time and then collected into several volumes), he wrote a full-length play, The Watched Pot, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington; the episodic The Westminster Alice (a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland); and When William Came, subtitled A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns, a fantasy about a future German invasion and occupation of Britain.