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A review by kitsuneheart
Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches (Dodo Press) by Saki, H.H. Munro
3.0
A Reginald collection mainly in name, and certainly not as good as the first. There's really only one Reginald story, here, and it's not all that good.
Saki takes deeper digs at women in the collection, especially in "The Sex That Doesn't Shop," in which he suggests women stand idly by while things in the house run out, among other accusations, and in "A Young Turkish Catastrophe," where he gives women the vote, but has them all follow the whims of their husbands, and particularly the whims of one man with 100 wives and political aspirations.
I had considered having my book club read Reginald and RIR, but. given the lower quality of this book and its issues, I think I'll be skipping that suggestion.
This book is in the public domain. I listened to the free audio production from Librivox.
Saki takes deeper digs at women in the collection, especially in "The Sex That Doesn't Shop," in which he suggests women stand idly by while things in the house run out, among other accusations, and in "A Young Turkish Catastrophe," where he gives women the vote, but has them all follow the whims of their husbands, and particularly the whims of one man with 100 wives and political aspirations.
I had considered having my book club read Reginald and RIR, but. given the lower quality of this book and its issues, I think I'll be skipping that suggestion.
This book is in the public domain. I listened to the free audio production from Librivox.