The Unbearable Bassington is a novel by the British author Saki (the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) published in 1912.
[1] Set almost entirely in the capital city, the novel focuses on the Mayfair social scene of bridge, dinner parties, concerts, and the sporting events of the season.
After he ends his school career, he lives with his mother and joins a group of bores and savage society wits.
[1] Without a career or a fortune of his own, Bassington hopes to marry Elaine de Frey, a rich young heiress, facing competition from his friend Courtney Youghal, a rising politician.
[1] The novel was seen as a success and was one of the works recommended to readers by Frank Swinnerton in his revision of Arnold Bennett's Literary Taste: How to Form It (1937).