“The Story of St. Vespaluus” Saki is known as one of the great masters of irony and one of the most delicious ironic tales ever written is that of how Vespaluus becomes a king and then a canonized saint. The title character a young man who, like his king, is a pagan whose religion worships www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. Even in their religion, Saki’s characters are more concerned with appearance than with substance. “The Story of St. Vespaluus” tells of an ancient king who chooses young Vespaluus as his heir. The Recessional by Saki. The Remoulding of Groby Lington by Saki. The Reticence of Lady Anne by Saki. The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by Saki. The Stampeding of Lady Bastable by Saki. The Story of St. Vespaluus by Saki. The Talking-out of Tarrington by Saki. The Unrest-cure by Saki. The Way to the Dairy by Saki.
The Soul of Laploshka, a Short Story by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Laploshka was one of the meanest men I have ever met, and quite one of the most entertaining. He said horrid things about other people in such a charming way that one forgave him for the equally horrid things he said about oneself behind one's back. The Recessional by Saki. The Remoulding of Groby Lington by Saki. The Reticence of Lady Anne by Saki. The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by Saki. The Stampeding of Lady Bastable by Saki. The Story of St. Vespaluus by Saki. The Talking-out of Tarrington by Saki. The Unrest-cure by Saki. The Way to the Dairy by Saki. The Story of Two Captains by Frank Stockton The Head Gardener's Story by Anton Chekhov The Pit And the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe The Los Amigos Fiasco by Arthur Conan Doyle A Twilight Adventure by Melville Davisson Post From The 'London Times' of by Mark Twain The Story of St. Vespaluus by H. H. Munro (Saki).
- Hermann The Irascible-a Story Of The Great Weep - The Unrest Cure - The Jesting Of Arlington Stringham - Sredni Vashtar - Adrian A Chapter In Acclimatization - The Chaplet - The Quest - Wratislav - The Easter Egg - Filboid Studge, The Story Of A Mouse That Helped - The Music On The Hill - The Story Of St. Vespaluus - The Way To The Dairy. Vespaluus, who was busily engaged in organizing the games and athletic contests that were to mark the commencement of his reign, had no time to give heed to the religious fervour which was effervescing round his personality; the first indication he had of the existing state of affairs was when the Court Chamberlain (a recent and very ardent addition to the Christian community) brought for his approval the outlines of a projected ceremonial cutting-down of the idolatrous serpent-grove. There was a certain king called Hkrikros, who had a fearful temper and no immediate successor in his own family; his married sister, however, had provided him with a large stock of nephews from which to select his heir. And the most eligible and royally-approved of all these nephews was the sixteen-year-old Vespaluus.
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