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Hermann the Irascible: A Story of the Great Weep

Saki

First published August 1911
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

An anti-women's-suffrage squib set during the fictional reign of King Hermann the Irascible, in "the second decade of the 20th century" after a plague has killed the reigning monarchs. According to Brian Gibson in Reading Saki, this story was first published in the Westminster Gazette, date unknown.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1911 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis John Lane, The Bodley Head Collection 45
September 1945 Cover A Saki Sampler Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. Collection 48
October 1948 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis Penguin Books Collection
1976 Cover The Complete Works of Saki Doubleday Omnibus 124
1982 The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 124
1986 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis Penguin Books Collection 37
1993 Cover The Complete Stories of Saki Wordsworth Editions Omnibus 91
May 1998 Cover The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 124
October 2000 Cover Saki: The Complete Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 124
January 2003 The Chronicles of Clovis Project Gutenberg Collection
February 2008 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis LibriVox Collection |7
November 2012 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis CreateSpace Collection
May 2016 Cover The Chronicles of Clovis LibriVox Collection |7