The Westminster Alice

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Saki

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The Westminster Alice is a collection of humorous vignettes by Saki, first published in the Westminster Gazette in 1902, which form a political pastiche of the Alice books by Lewis Carroll, featuring an unforgettable cast of notable politicians of the day, and brought to life with illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould – ‘with apologies to Sir John Tenniel’ for their striking likeness to the original Alice illustrations. Desperately trying to navigate her way through the world of Ineptitudes, Knights, Queens and Mad Hatters, Alice delivers a stinging satire of Westminster politics – which, imbued with Saki’s charm and delicate wit, and set in a world evocative of Carroll’s timeless Wonderland, is as charming today as when it was written, and belongs on every Alice fan’s bookshelf.

Author Biography:

Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), known by his nom de plume, SAKI, whose humorous writings are amongst the best known in the English literary canon, is widely considered to be a master of the short-story genre. Although he also wrote longer works of fiction, they are not nearly as popular as his short stories – ‘Tobermory’, ‘The Schartz-Metterklume Method’, ‘The Open Window’, ‘The Storyteller’, ‘The Lumber Room’ and ‘Sredni Vashtar’, in particular, enjoy a widespread readership even today. Saki also wrote extensively for the Westminster Gazette, where he published political sketches such as the Westminster Alice series. Saki’s death is almost as famous as his short stories – he was a lance sergeant in the First World War, and he was killed by a German sniper during the Battle of the Ancre while he and his company sheltered; his last words were reportedly: ‘Put that bloody cigarette out!’

Release date NZ

June 30th, 2021

Author

Saki

Contributor

Illustrated by F Carruthers Gould

Pages

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

24 black and white illustrations

ISBN-13

9781913724108

Product ID

35561786

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