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Analysis Of The Open Window By Saki

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Saki is the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro (1870–1916), a British author. Born in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1870, Saki worked as a journalist before gaining fame as a short story writer (Biography.com). His first book is The Rise of the Russian Empire (1900), that book cost him much labor but it was a false start. His works offer a satirical commentary on Edwardian era (1901-1914) society and culture. “The Open Window” is one of the short story of Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914), which is Saki’s final short story collection and one of his best-known works. Moreover, “The Open Window” is one of his most famous ghost stories. “The Open Window” delineates a story happened on an October afternoon of the early 1900s in a restful country house with hunting grounds,which is the Sappleton’s house. There are three main characters: first is Vera, a storyteller and a self-possessed young lady whose speciality is romance at short notice; second is a newcomer Framton Nuttel who has nervous condition. Third is Vera’s aunt, Mrs. Sappleton. Besides them, there are Mr. Sappleton and Mrs. Sappleton’s two brothers. This short story delineates a social occasion. Mr. Nuttel migrates to the rural retreat for his health. His sister sent him letters of introduction to all the nice people she knows and asked him to visit them. Then he visit the Sappleton. Mr. Nuttel is entertained with a tragedy by Vera. She tells him that the French window is kept open, even though it is October, because Mrs. Sappleton

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