The Open Window Summary
Saki

Everything you need to understand or teach The Open Window by Saki.

The Open Window Summary & Study Guide

The Open Window Summary

"The Open Window" is Saki's most popular short story. It was first collected in Beasts and SuperBeasts in 1914. Saki's wit is at the height of its power in this story of a spontaneous practical joke played upon a visiting stranger. The practical joke recurs In many of Saki's stories, but "The Open Window" is perhaps his most successful and best known example of the type. Saki dramatizes here the conflict between reality and...

(read more from the Study Guide)

Study Pack

The The Open Window Study Pack contains:

The Open Window Study Guide

Characters

Themes

Style

Criticism

Adaptations

Topics for Further Study

Saki Biographies (4)

H. H. Munro

5,299 words, approx. 18 pages

The reputation of British writer H. H. Munro--more commonly known as Saki--rests primarily on his short stories conveying whimsical humor, fascination with the odd and eerie, and worldly disillusionme... Read more

H(ector) H(ugh) Munro

1,896 words, approx. 7 pages

Hector Hugh Munro (Saki), one of many British writers to die during World War I, is thought to have died before his writing attained its full potential. While he wrote short stories throughout his car... Read more

H(ector) H(ugh) Munro

6,663 words, approx. 23 pages

Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) expanded the possibilities of the short story by infusing it with the interests and techniques of the comedy of manners. In so doing, Munro produced satiric narratives remembe... Read more

Saki (H. H. Munro)

1,980 words, approx. 7 pages

Biography EssayHector Hugh Munro (Saki), one of many British writers to perish during World War I, is thought to have died before his writing attained its full potential. While he wrote short stories ... Read more

Download the Study Pack

BookRags

The Open Window SummarySaki