Clovis on Parental Responsibilities by H.H. Munro (SAKI)

<p><strong>Hector Hugh Munro</strong> (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a> <strong>Saki</strong> and also frequently as <strong>H. H. Munro</strong>, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre">macabre</a> stories satirize <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian</a> society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars as a master of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a>, and often compared to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry" title="O. Henry">O. Henry</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker" title="Dorothy Parker">Dorothy Parker</a>. Influenced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>, he himself influenced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne" title="A. A. Milne">A. A. Milne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse" title="P. G. Wodehouse">P. G. Wodehouse</a>.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/hmphaudiobooks/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/hmphaudiobooks/support</a>