The Chronicles of Clovis [Hardcover]

Saki (Author), A. A. Milne (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1432608924 | ISBN-13: 978-1432608927 | Publication Date: May 23, 2004

1911. Introduction by A.A. Milne of Winnie the Pooh fame. Saki (pseudonym of H. H. Munro), English author, is best known for his witty, sometimes whimsical, often cynical and bizarre short stories; they are collected in Reginald, The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts, and other volumes. Contents of The Chronicles of Clovis include: Esme, The Match-Maker, Tobermory, Mrs. Packletide's Tiger, The Stampeding of Lady Bastable, The Background, Hermann the Irascible, The Unrest-Cure, The Jesting of Arlington Stringham, Sredni Vashtar, Adrian, The Chaplet, The Quest Wratislav, The Easter Egg, Filboid Studge, The Music on the Hill, The Story of St. Vespaluus, The Way to the Dairy, The Peace Offering, The Peace of Mowsle Barton, The Talking-out of Tarrington, The Hounds of Fate, The Recessional, A Matter of Sentiment, The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope, Ministers of Grace, The Remoulding of Groby Lington, and Robert Stockton. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (May 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1432608924
• ISBN-13: 978-1432608927
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Formatted for Kindle 2, March 6, 2009

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Karon Flage (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chronicles of Clovis (Kindle Edition)

It is Saki so of course the stories are marvelous. My one star is for the Kindle Edition. Every other line only contains two words so it is not a smooth block of text for the eye to follow.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Proofreader's Nightmare, February 16, 2008

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Jackie Lee "raised by wolves" (Sunny Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS (Kindle Edition)

I love Saki. These are some of the best, most biting, hilarious gems ever written in the English language. However, the Kindle edition is so hard to read, that I must subtract two stars for the formatting.

The Kindle edition is very hard to read because of the awkward line breaks and kerning. I believe the digitization of this book to have been untouched by human hands, with no proofreading at all. Some lines have four words evenly spaced out to each margin. In other instances, a hyphenated word will have an additional hyphen inserted midway to make a line break. Other pages have "widows or orphans", a solitary word on one page. Each time I encounter one of these, the eye and the brain go "Ker-thunk!" an it spoils the sense and rhythm of the story.

Not worth even the low Kindle price; too many aggravations.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful stories. Unblemished prose., June 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Chronicles of Clovis (Penguin Twentieth-Century Clas) (Paperback)

These short stories constitute some of the best in the English language. They have quite a range in tone, from the extreamely humorous Unrest Cure to the mystery of Sredni Vashtar. Only The Easter Egg diappoints. Written in an Edwardian prose that never disappoints, read it like it was one of life's little luxuries.