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The Wolves of Cernogratz

ICSE · Class 10 · English Literature-Treasure Chest ( Poems and Short Stories)

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Author, Genre, and Setting

  • Saki is the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro.
  • Saki was born in Burma, present-day Myanmar.
  • Saki died in battle in France in 1916.
2

Characters

  • Amalie von Cernogratz is the central character.
  • Fraulein Schmidt is the Latinized name she uses because poverty forced her to take employment.
  • Amalie’s mother was a Cernogratz.
3

Plot Summary and Key Events

  • The story opens with the governess telling Conrad and Elspeth the legend of the Cernogratz family.
  • The legend says that when a member of the family dies, wolves come out of the forest and howl all night beneath the castle windows, and a great tree falls even if the night is windless.
  • The Baroness hears the story and dismisses it as 'Mere legend.'
4

Themes and Message

  • Pride and dignity are shown through the governess’s quiet but firm identity.
  • The story contrasts inherited identity with purchased social status.
  • The von Nixenschmaltz family owns the schloss but lacks ancestral connection to it.

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The governess is really Amalie vonThe family legend says that whenThe Baroness rejects the governess's claimThe governess does not argue loudlyAs the governess dies

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