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The Politeness of Princes
P. G. Wodehouse
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"Well," he said at length, "you're in the semi-final now, of all weird places. You'd better play Spence's next. When can you play?"
"Henfrey," said Clephane, "I have a bright, open, boyish countenance, but I was not born yesterday. You want to get a dangerous rival out of the way without trouble, so you set Shields' to smash up Spence's. No, Henfrey. I do not intend to be your catspaw. We will draw lots who is to play which. Here comes Jackson. We'll toss odd man out."
And when the coins fell there were two tails and one head; and the head belonged to the coin of Clephane.
"So, you see," he said to Henfrey, "Shields' is in the final. No wonder you wanted us to scratch."
I should like this story to end with a vivid description of a tight finish. Considering that Day's beat Spence's, and consequently met Shields' in the final, that would cer. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Droll stories about public school boys. An early work which leads us to the pleasure of Jeeves and Blandings Castle sagas
This is such a great collection of Wodehouse's schoolboy stories, filled with all kinds of scrapes and ridiculous scenarios. Perfect when you need a bit of quick, light reading to make you laugh.
Content Warnings:
bullying
Wodehouse is predictable. Stories are simple and these are a wonderful reflection of public school days. Very mild by today's standards, but that makes them diverting.
One of the earlier collections. Although it doesn't have lot of comedy, it still is stuff enough to warrant time. Wodehouse is God, as always.
I love watching Jeeves and Wooster (actually I love watching anything Stephen Fry is in), but I've not read anything by Wodehouse until now.
These are early stories. They're charming and humorous, but I get the feeling that he got funnier as his career progressed. All of these stories are set in a b
Wodehouse school stories
Read this one first, then the other early stories re Public school life. Names are mentioned to hat pop up in other school stories, and even in other stories - mention of a certain publisher will make Wodehouse fans' ears prick up (and yes, I know that usage is archaic, so's
This collection of short schoolboy stories was collected after PG Wodehouse's death, after reading it I can see why he never published the collection himself. The main virtue here is that the stories and the collection are both short enough to wade through quickly. There is a bit of resemblance to O
This book is not like any of his other works. But this book has a strong P. G. Wodehouse signature. Apparently this his early work. He just got better later.