Additional Resources for The Open Window by Saki

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Open Window.

Additional Resources for The Open Window by Saki

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Open Window.
This section contains 120 words
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Cheikin, Miriam Quen. Review in English Literature in Transition Vol. 21, no. 2, 1978, pp 121-31.

A review refuting the consensus that Saki focused on childish themes, devices, and cruelties, and supporting the author as a practical joker.

Langguth, A J. Saki A Life of Hector Hugh Munro New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981, 366 p.

A biography containing anecdotes and analyses of Saki's fiction.

Spears, George James. The Satire of Saki' A Study in the Satiric Art of Hector H. Munro New York: Exposition Press, 1963.

Spears addresses the novels, plays, short stories, and political satire of Saki. He begins with a short chapter entitled "The Satiric Tradition" that provides an introduction to the context within which he reads Saki's work.

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