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Unit4

TheUncannyandFear1/48

HectorHughMunro

(1870-1916)AwittyBritishauthorwhopublishedunderthepennameSAKIorH.H.Munro.TheinspirationforthepennameSakiisunknown,itmaybebaseduponacharacterinapoemoronaSouthAmericanmonkey.GivenMunrosintellect,wit,andmischeviousnatureitspossibleitwasbasedonbothsimultaneously.Asawriter,Munro(Saki)wasamasteroftheshortstoryandisoftencomparedtoO.HenryandDorothyParker.MunrowasborninAkyab,Burma(nowknownasMyanmar)in1870.In1872whileshewasonatriptoEngland,hismotherMarywaschargedbyacow.Shesufferedamiscarriage,neverrecovered,anddiedin1872whenMunrowasonly2yearsold.Afterherdeath,theMunrochildrenweresentfromBurmabacktoEnglandwheretheylivedwiththeirgrandmotherandauntsinastrictpuritanicalhousehold.Inhisearlycareer,MunrobecameapoliceofficerinIndiaandwaspostedtoBurmawherehecontractedmalariabeforereturningtoEnglandin1895.2/48

HectorHughMunroWhenthewarbrokeout,MunrorefusedacommissionandjoinedtheBritisharmedforcesasaregulartrooperwherehewascertaintoseebattle.HewaskilledinactionbyaGermansniper.Hislastwordswerereportedas,Putthatbloodycigaretteout!Murnonevermarriedandmayhavebeengay,buthomosexualitywasacrimeinBritainduringMunroslifetimeandthedecorumofthetimeswouldhaverequiredhimtokeepthatpartofhislifesecretedaway.MunrohadapenchantformockingthepopularcustomsandmannersofEdwardianEngland.Heoftendidsobydepictingcharactersinasettingandmannerthatwouldcontrasttheirbehaviorwiththatofthenaturalworld;oftendemonstratingthatthesimpleandstraightforwardrulesofnaturewouldalwaystrumpthevanitiesofmen./wiki/Saki3/48

EdwardianEnglandEdwardVII(AlbertEdward;9November1841?–6May1910)爱德华七世，英国国王（1901年-1910年在位），维多利亚女王和阿尔伯特亲王之子，曾在牛津与剑桥