The Schartz-Metterklume Method – A Classic Short Story by Saki

About this episode

Lady Carlotta accepts a governess position by mistake and teaches history in an unforgettable way.

Lady Carlotta misses her train, and a stranger on the platform mistakes her for the new governess. Rather than correct the error, Lady Carlotta decides to accept the position — and teach history by a method the Quabarl household will not soon forget. From the inimitable Saki, a story of social comeuppance served with perfect composure. Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, born in Burma in 1870 and raised in England by two strict aunts whose tyrannies would later populate his fiction. He worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent before turning to the short story, where his wit, elegance, and appetite for mischief found their natural home. He enlisted at the outbreak of the First World War and was killed by a sniper in France in 1916. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Don

Topics covered

• governess
• social comeuppance
• history
• Saki
• short story

Keywords

• Saki
• Hector Hugh Munro
• classic literature
• short stories

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Short StoryVerses

Books & works: New Tales Told

Places: Burma, England, France

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