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The Unbearable Bassington

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
Englisch
Michael Walmererschienen am25.07.2023
With his career at its zenith, known universally for his three volumes of magnificently witty stories, Saki in 1912 was ready to branch out. He decided to apply his genius to a single long narrative in a novel.The Unbearable Bassington sports his famous raillery at its highest pitch:"…she came of a family whose individual members went through life, from the nursery to the grave, with as much tact and consideration as a cactus-hedge might show in going through a crowded bathing tent.""…I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.""…if one hides one's talent under a bushel one must be careful to point out to everyone the exact bushel under which it is hidden."This story introduces us to another of the author's louche young men, basking in the glow of society whilst also managing to undermine it stealthily. The handsome and infuriatingly nonchalant Comus Bassington and his mother Francesca are struggling along at the edges somewhat - an advantageous marriage would certainly help. And Comus has met an heiress who appeals, Elaine de Frey. But he has a rival, his friend Courtenay Youghal, who is an up and coming young politician of great surface charm.Francesca is relying on Comus, and there's no accounting for what she might do if he doesn't come up trumps. It will not only be embarrassing to his and his mother's pride, it will also place a terrible strain on their resources.The tracing of not only the simmering and uproarious repartee, but also the implicit tragedy in the venal expectations of high society in The Unbearable Bassington introduced a new note in Saki's repertoire. Their combined power made for a book which was instantly celebrated as one of the great novels of its decade.mehr
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KlappentextWith his career at its zenith, known universally for his three volumes of magnificently witty stories, Saki in 1912 was ready to branch out. He decided to apply his genius to a single long narrative in a novel.The Unbearable Bassington sports his famous raillery at its highest pitch:"…she came of a family whose individual members went through life, from the nursery to the grave, with as much tact and consideration as a cactus-hedge might show in going through a crowded bathing tent.""…I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.""…if one hides one's talent under a bushel one must be careful to point out to everyone the exact bushel under which it is hidden."This story introduces us to another of the author's louche young men, basking in the glow of society whilst also managing to undermine it stealthily. The handsome and infuriatingly nonchalant Comus Bassington and his mother Francesca are struggling along at the edges somewhat - an advantageous marriage would certainly help. And Comus has met an heiress who appeals, Elaine de Frey. But he has a rival, his friend Courtenay Youghal, who is an up and coming young politician of great surface charm.Francesca is relying on Comus, and there's no accounting for what she might do if he doesn't come up trumps. It will not only be embarrassing to his and his mother's pride, it will also place a terrible strain on their resources.The tracing of not only the simmering and uproarious repartee, but also the implicit tragedy in the venal expectations of high society in The Unbearable Bassington introduced a new note in Saki's repertoire. Their combined power made for a book which was instantly celebrated as one of the great novels of its decade.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-6486909-9-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum25.07.2023
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 127 mm, Höhe 178 mm, Dicke 17 mm
Gewicht288 g
Artikel-Nr.56903634
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GenreRomane Hardcover

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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.