Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. Hi colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward ...
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Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. Hi colleagues are an assortment of misfits, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul. Taking its title from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Evelyn Waugh's first, funniest novel immediately caught the ear of the public with his account of an ing???nu abroad in the decadent confusion of 1920s high society.
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Good Condition. 19 x 12 cm. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor signs of use, including a few scuffs and bumps. Pages are free from notes or highlighting. Firm, secure bindings; spine intact. In very good used condition overall. 185 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Teachers; England; Boys; Upper class; Great Britain; Manners and customs; Endowed public schools (Great Britain); 59.2; ISBN: 0435179209. Add. Inventory No: 220509QNSX010084.
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Excellent satire. A must read for lovers of literature.
MickP
May 19, 2011
Easily pleased in the 1930s
Not having read anything by Evelyn Waugh I saw this on Alibris and bought it.
I have read many times how good an author he is so I was looking forward to something intelligent and witty.
I'm sorry to say that I found it to be utter rubbish - ponderous "humour", if that's not too strong a word, daft unconvincing plot, and altogether very disappointing. I read in the blurb on the cover that it was a big seller when it came out, hence the heading.
