Beasts and Super-Beasts
Fur places a refused favour beside a shopping trip and a desired gift. The narrator’s remark about sacrifices of friendship targets Suzanne’s conduct in that comic situation. Read the whole story in the checked 1914 John Lane edition, retaining the distinction between the Saki pen name and the existing Munro label.
Who it suits
Readers interested in short satire, friendship and the distance between admired and practised generosity.
Reading experience
Moderate; short stories with older social conventions, irony and abrupt comic turns. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- 1914 John Lane, The Bodley Head edition; transcribed by David Price; Project Gutenberg eBook 269
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
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Catalogue metadata checked 2026-10-05. Descriptions and reading guidance are original Edsverb editorial text. A related-reading link does not establish that an archive saying occurs in this edition.