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    The Penance
    The Penance
    The Penance
    Audiobook15 minutes

    The Penance

    Written by Hector Hugh Munro

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) is better known by the pen name Saki. He remains hugely popular as a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture.

    The Penance is an edgy and at times horrifying tale about a normally amiable man who has killed the cat belonging to his neighbour's children, on the grounds that he suspected it of attacking his chickens. His efforts to make up for this awful deed are met with hostility, and the children take the opportunity to plan a dire revenge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateAug 8, 2017
    ISBN9781509448593
    The Penance

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