Tobermory and Other Stories

'Tobermory' - the title story of this collection - is widely considered one of Saki's finest pieces, in which a short-sighted dinner-party guest introduces a talking cat to the diners, inadvertently revealing gossip and pushing fickle characters into the limelight - in the process undermining the common perceptions of grandiose and genteel high society. From some of his earliest successes, such as 'Gabriel-Ernest', 'The Bag' and the Clovis stories, about a young man with an impish sense of humour, to later tales such as 'The Boar-Pig', which is as bizarre as it is hilarious, and 'The Toys of Peace', which he was never able to see in print, this selection contains a wealth of well-known tales with vastly different themes - from reincarnation to psychological warfare - and bearing every trademark token of wit with which Saki has enthralled generations of eager readers. Contains: The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water, Gabriel-Ernest , The Bag, The Mouse, Esmé , Tobermory, Mrs Packletide's Tiger, Hermann the Irascible, The Unrest-Cure, The Jesting of Arlington Stringham, Sredni Vashtar, The Chaplet, Filboid Studge, The Music on the Hill, The Hounds of Fate, The She-Wolf, Laura, The Boar-Pig, The Open Window, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, The Storyteller, The Lumber Room, The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat, The Toys of Peace, Tea, A Bread-and-Butter Miss, Bertie s Christmas Eve, Forewarned, The Interlopers and The Bull Alma Classics is committed to make available the widest range of literature from around the globe. All the titles are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.