The Chronicles of Clovis

Hector Hugh Munro

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473373181
• Print ISBN:
  9781473317581
• Subtopic: Classics

This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Chronicles of Clovis' is a collection of short stories, including 'The Great Weep', 'Tobermory', 'Adrian', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical 'Alice in Westminster' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, 'Saki', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as 'The Open Window' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

Table of contents

• THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS
• Hector Hugh Munro
• INTRODUCTION
• ESMÉ
• THE MATCH-MAKER
• TOBERMORY
• MRS. PACKLETIDE’S TIGER
• THE STAMPEDING OF LADY BASTABLE
• THE BACKGROUND
• HERMANN THE IRASCIBLE—A STORY OF THE GREAT WEEP
• THE UNREST-CURE
• THE JESTING OF ARLINGTON STRINGHAM
• SREDNI VASHTAR
• ADRIAN
• THE CHAPLET
• THE QUEST
• WRATISLAV
• THE EASTER EGG
• FILBOID STUDGE, THE STORY OF A MOUSE THAT HELPED
• THE MUSIC ON THE HILL
• THE STORY OF ST. VESPALUUS
• THE WAY TO THE DAIRY
• THE PEACE OFFERING
• THE PEACE OF MOWSLE BARTON
• THE TALKING-OUT OF TARRINGTON
• THE HOUNDS OF FATE
• THE RECESSIONAL
• A MATTER OF SENTIMENT
• THE SECRET SIN OF SEPTIMUS BROPE
• “MINISTERS OF GRACE”
• THE REMOULDING OF GROBY LINGTON
• ACKNOWLEDGMENT