Shock Tactics

«H.H. Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a prolific Scottish author of the Edwardian era, considered as the master of short stories and compared to O Henry and Dorothy Parker. He is best known for his witty, sometimes whimsical, often cynical and bizarre short stories – his works is the attempt to satirize the social pretension, unkindness, and stupidity through the flippant wit and acerbic humor.

 “Shock Tactics” is a short story, represented a very well written satire on the moneyed class in Edwardian England. The main protagonist is a man about 20, who is complaining to his friend that his mother reads all of his incoming mail. He has told her over and over not to but she persists in reading his mail, insisting he is too young to go be allowed to receive letters on his own.  The author depicts the portrait of man, which is indeed a caricature of society.

As well as other Saki’s stories, this one is characterized by pithiness and black humor. All characters make the reader laugh, so you will certainly enjoy reading it!»