The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories, by SakiI got this for Christmas! It has illustrations by Edward Gorey! I've always meant to read Saki and here was my chance. Look at that beautiful cover.
The Unrest-Cure is a collection of short stories, most of which start off as ordinary events in upper-middle-class British lives but take a sharp turn toward the weird, the oddball, or the macabre. Quite a few of them feature a young man named Clovis, who enjoys making a little trouble now and again.. They were great, and some of them were very funny, too. (Or, on the other hand, horrifying; "Sredni Vashtar" is one of the selections, for example.) There are one or two illustrations for each story and they fit perfectly.
A great book for a little relaxing dip into a weird story. I will definitely be reading more Saki.
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