"Gabriel-Ernest" | |
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Short story by H. H. Munro | |
Original title | Gabriel-Ernest |
Country | United Kingdom |
Genre(s) | Paranormal, short story |
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Publisher | The Westminster Gazette |
Publication date | 1909 |
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"Gabriel-Ernest" is a 1909 short story by British writer H. H. Munro, better known as Saki. [1] The story was included in The Westminster Gazette and appears in the collection Reginald in Russia published by Methuen & Co. in 1910.
"Gabriel-Ernest" starts with a warning: "There is a wild beast in your woods..." As the story progresses, we learn from that Gabriel is indeed wild, feral – a werewolf in fact. The story uses the idea of lycanthropy as a metaphor for adolescence. The story's climax is when Gabriel is revealed to have taken a small child home from Sunday school. A pursuit ensues, but Gabriel and the child disappear near a river. The only items found are the clothes of Gabriel, and the two are never seen again.