Communication » 2A Interacting
TITLE OF THE BOOK: Thoot and Claw
NOVELIST: Saki
PUBLISHING HOUSE: Oxford Bookworms
GRADE: stage 3
There are 5 stories.
Sredni Vashtar
Time: The time isn't specified
Setting: In a shed of Conradin's aunt's house
Topic: The furret that kill the aunt
Theme: The hatred of the aunt
Characters: Conradin (He is 10 years old and he is often ill) the aunt (don't love Conradin), Sredni Vashtar (a furret that Conradin consider a god) and a chicken
The story teller
Time: The time isn't specified
Setting: In a train
Topic: The story of Bertha
Theme: The skill of the bachelor to tell stories
Characters: 3 children, the aunt of the children, Bachelor, Bertha
Gabriel Ernest
Time: The time isn't specified
Setting: In a wood and in the Van Cheele's house
Topic: The boy that become a werewolf
Theme: The werewolf's survival
Characters: Cunningham, Van Cheele, a wild boy (the werewolf),Van Cheele's aunt, Van Cheele's wife, little Jack (the child that is killed)
Tobermory
Time: The time isn't specified
Setting: Blemley's house
Topic: The speaking cat
Theme: The cat's intelligence that drive people mad
Characters: Mr Appin (the man that taught the cat to speak), Tobermory (the cat), Lady Blemley, Sir Wirfrid, Mavis Pellington, Mrs Cornett, Agnes Resker
The She Wolf
Time: The time isn't specified
Setting: Mary Hampton's house
Topic: The transformation of Louisa
Theme: The man who transform people in animal
Characters: Louisa (the woman that become a she-wolf), Leonard Bilsiter, Cecilia Scrops, Mrs Hampton