Gabriel-Ernest and Other Tales

Author:   Saki ,  Quentin Blake
Publisher:   Alma Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781847495921


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   15 October 2015
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 11 years
Format:   Paperback
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Gabriel-Ernest and Other Tales


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The local landowner Van Cheele experiences an unnerving encounter with a youth sunning himself near a pond, and starts to wonder if there is any connection between this wild-looking boy and the recent disappearances of poultry, hares, lambs and, more alarmingly, an infant child in the area. To his astonishment, he discovers the next day that his aunt has decided to take the boy in, buying him a suit of clothes and naming him Gabriel-Ernest. Van Cheele remains suspicious, especially when it is revealed that there is something supernatural about their new ward... An eerie and disquieting tale about the dark side of adolescence, 'Gabriel-Ernest', written with Saki's trademark wit and mischievousness, is here presented with seven other uncanny and macabre tales, featuring Quentin Blake's inimitable illustrations.

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Author:   Saki ,  Quentin Blake
Publisher:   Alma Books Ltd
Imprint:   Alma Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9781847495921


ISBN 10:   1847495923
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   15 October 2015
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 11 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.
Language:   English

Table of Contents

Contains: The Open Window, The Boar-Pig, The Chaplet, The Lumber Room, The Shartz-Metterklume Method, Gabriel-Ernest, Sredni Vashtar, The Storyteller, The She-Wolf

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In his sleek attacks on pretension and tough unruly optimism, Saki was irreplaceable and unreplaced. - <i>The London Review of Books</i></p> Saki s short stories may be more than 100 years old but that sharp wit, precise uncompromising vocabulary, and championing of children over unpleasant supervisory adults is timeless . . . And Quentin Blake s drawings make them livelier than ever - <i>The Independent</i></p> Quentin Blake's characteristically spiky illustrations capture the Saki irony well and make these century-old tales feel very fresh - <i>The School Library Association</i></p>


In his sleek attacks on pretension and tough unruly optimism, Saki was irreplaceable and unreplaced. - The London Review of Books Saki's short stories may be more than 100 years old but that sharp wit, precise uncompromising vocabulary, and championing of children over unpleasant supervisory adults is timeless . . . And Quentin Blake's drawings make them livelier than ever - The Independent Quentin Blake's characteristically spiky illustrations capture the Saki irony well and make these century-old tales feel very fresh - The School Library Association


Author Information

Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) wrote under the pen name Saki and is best known for his strange, mischievous and witty short stories.

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