Name: The Unbearable Bassington
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Author: Saki
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The Unbearable Bassington

By Saki 12 Mar, 2020

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A razor-sharp commentary on Edwardian values sparkles with brilliant Saki satire. A biting satire on the conceits of high society, this exquisite novel of manners describes the adventures of the fastidious and likeable but maladjusted Comus Bassingto ... Read more

A razor-sharp commentary on Edwardian values sparkles with brilliant Saki satire. A biting satire on the conceits of high society, this exquisite novel of manners describes the adventures of the fastidious and likeable but maladjusted Comus Bassington. Bassington is an upper-class young man with a cynical outlook, whose mother's sole aim is to arrange advantageous opportunities for him. But Bassington has a terrible habit of spoiling things through his self-centered behavior. An incisive piece of writing, this novel anticipates the early works of Evelyn Waugh, whose introduction to a previous edition is included here. Here Edwardian society is impaled on Saki's inimitable skewer. Less

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2019-02-07
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Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 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 st...

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