When William Came
by Saki
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About This Book
What we find frightening about this novel is the very premise: England has been subjugated and annexed by Germany . . . When William Came, written before World War I, is a grim tale of a then-fictional war between Britain and Germany. Saki's biting wit is aimed squarely at British politics in this thinly veiled story -- he, like many others, could see war approaching, and who would want to see a conflict of such proportion? Unnerving stuff, we say. . . .
Chapters (20)
- When William Came
- CHAPTER I: THE SINGING-BIRD AND THE BAROMETER
- CHAPTER II: THE HOMECOMING
- CHAPTER III: “THE METSKIE TSAR”
- CHAPTER IV: “ES IST VERBOTEN”
- CHAPTER V: L’ART D’ETRE COUSINE
- CHAPTER VI: HERR VON KWARL
- CHAPTER VII: THE LURE
- CHAPTER VIII: THE FIRST-NIGHT
- CHAPTER IX: AN EVENING “TO BE REMEMBERED”
- CHAPTER X: SOME REFLECTIONS AND A “TE DEUM”
- CHAPTER XI: THE TEA SHOP
- CHAPTER XII: THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS
- CHAPTER XIII: TORYWOOD
- CHAPTER XIV: “A PERFECTLY GLORIOUS AFTERNOON”
- CHAPTER XV: THE INTELLIGENT ANTICIPATOR OF WANTS
- CHAPTER XVI: SUNRISE
- CHAPTER XVII: THE EVENT OF THE SEASON
- CHAPTER XVIII: THE DEAD WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND
- CHAPTER XIX: THE LITTLE FOXES
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