
Episode #160
Episode 160: "The Storyteller" by H. H. Munro
"She did all that she was told, she was always truthful, she kept her clothes clean, ate milk puddings as though they were jam tarts, learned her lessons perfectly, and was polite in her manners." "Was she pretty?" asked the bigger of the small girls. "Not as pretty as any of you," said the bachelor, "but she was horribly good." There was a wave of reaction in favour of the story; the word horrible in connection with goodness was a novelty that commended itself. A Literary Cornucopia explores Saki’s witty and unexpected short story The Storyteller —a darkly comic tale about morality, storytelling, and why children prefer a story with danger over one with a predictable lesson. Check out another Saki story: Episode 110 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luisa-molina/episodes/Episode-110-H-H--Munro-Saki-and-The-Open-Window-e2nteob






