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A Prefect's Uncle
P. G. Wodehouse
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A Prefect’s Uncle is Wodehouse’s second book, first published in 1903. Like Wodehouse’s other early work, this is a “school story” – a tale set at an English boarding school, probably written with younger readers in mind. Gethryn has a pretty great thing going at Beckford College: he’s a good athlet
One of Plum's earliest novels and, while enjoyable, far from one of his best. I loved the element of cricket in the story and the character of Farnie (the Uncle of the title) was really good (though not in the story as much as he should have been). The technical (and likely antiquated) verbiage of c
This is another great school boy story filled with all kinds of antics and, of course, a ton of sports. The cricket for sure put me to sleep, but I enjoyed seeing how the boys dealt with all their issues.
Content Warnings:
bullying
Very early work. plenty of hollow charm but not yet godlike lightness, the contempt for gravity that lofts the reader.
"Wilson, who seems to be a professional pugilist in disguise, landed what my informant describes as three corkers on his opponent’s proboscis. Skinner’s reply was to sit down heavily
Wodehouse’s second novel, and second school book, brings up a very modern family issue in an old world context. A senior schoolboy at a select boarding school is told that his uncle is coming to visit — but that uncle, it transpires, is a cheeky young thing newly enrolled in the school, several year
Publicado em 1903 é segundo livro do autor, também o segundo da série "School Stories".
Ambientado numa escola britânica dividida em várias casas, cada uma liderada por um aluno (the prefect) com suas rivalidades e picuinhas o que nos faz lembrar Hogwarts.
O críquete é o esporte mais popular, e os to
School story, appealing only to devotees of Wodehouse or cricket. The story is amusing enough, and some slow-burn plot points are well executed (the poetry prize), but the Wodehouse genius only appears in full force at the very end.
I do feel a sort of deep kinship with the estimable Reece, somehow.