The Chronicles of Clovis 1912
- ISBN-10
- 1974359956
- ISBN-13
- 9781974359950
- Pages
- 106
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-08-08
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Saki
Description
In 1908, H. H. Munro (Saki) gave up foreign reporting and settled in London. Many of his stories from this period feature Reginald and Clovis, young men-about-town who take mischievous delight in the discomfort or downfall of their conventional, pretentious elders
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