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Story

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The She-Wolf. Saki The She-Wolf is a short story by Saki, a British writer who was known for his witty and sometimes macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and culture. The story was first published in the Morning Post newspaper and later collected in the 1914 anthology Beasts and Super-Beasts. "When Leonard Bilsiter claims to wield enormous powers - conferred on him by a mastery of Siberian Magic - Clovis decides to set the record straight." Read 11 mins
The She-Wolf. Saki

Leonard Bilsiter was one of those people who have failed to find this world attractive or interesting, and who have sought compensation in an "unseen world" of their own experience or imagination - or invention. Children do that sort of thing successfully, but children are content to convince themselves, and do not vulgarise their beliefs by trying to convince other people. Leonard Bilsiter's beliefs were for "the few," that is to say, anyone who would listen to him. Ценность книги определяется не тем, сколько…

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