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**VottCetaVeivE** · 03-18-2006, 08:00 AM

Ramanan : Yes Ive read "Three men in a boat". Absolutely hilarious! About Thurber, I read a two volume collection of Thruber's works, including his own illustrations called Vintage Thurber some years back having borrowed it from the Indian Institute of Science library. Donno if those books are still there, but Ive been looking for those books to buy since then. Never found them anywhere else! The ideas this guy has are amazing!

Im surprised you didnt like Maughm. Have you read some of his serious work? Like Cakes and Ale? I love his humourous short stories. I had a story called Princess September in, I think, my 11th std, but Ive never found that story anywhere since then.
I dont know what kind of Maughm collection you read which made you feel that they are stereotype.

I have a collection of 273 stories of O Henry and every one of them is a different kind of story! No matter how much of O Henry you have read before, you can never predict the ending!!

While we are on Short stories might I suggest Wilde and Saki too, though Wilde's stories are pretty tragic whereas Saki's are mostly hilarious and some of them political satire too (there is on full collection called Chronicles of Clovis which deals with politics of his day. Cant understand most of it!!)

03-18-2006, 08:00 AM	#21
VottCetaVeivE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	Ramanan : Yes Ive read "Three men in a boat". Absolutely hilarious! About Thurber, I read a two volume collection of Thruber's works, including his own illustrations called *Vintage Thurber* some years back having borrowed it from the Indian Institute of Science library. Donno if those books are still there, but Ive been looking for those books to buy since then. Never found them anywhere else! The ideas this guy has are amazing! Im surprised you didnt like Maughm. Have you read some of his serious work? *Like Cakes and Ale? I love his humourous short stories. I had a story called Princess September* in, I think, my 11th std, but Ive never found that story anywhere since then. I dont know what kind of Maughm collection you read which made you feel that they are stereotype. I have a collection of 273 stories of O Henry and every one of them is a different kind of story! No matter how much of O Henry you have read before, you can never predict the ending!! While we are on Short stories might I suggest Wilde and Saki too, though Wilde's stories are pretty tragic whereas Saki's are mostly hilarious and some of them political satire too (there is on full collection called *Chronicles of Clovis* which deals with politics of his day. Cant understand most of it!!)
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