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William Tell Told Again
P. G. Wodehouse
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This is the classic story of William Tell - Swiss patriot and great apple-shooter - as seen through the eyes of English humorist P.G. Wodehouse. No Swiss were (permanently) injured in the telling of this story; however, results differed for Austrian tyrants. The original volume also included a humorous poem encapsulating the whole Tell legend, written by John W. Houghton to accompany the sixteen color illustrations.
This is the classic story of William Tell - Swiss patriot and great apple-shooter - as seen through the eyes of English humorist P.G. Wodehouse. No Swiss were (permanently) injured in the telling of this story; however, results differed for Austrian tyrants. The original volume also included a humorous poem encapsulating the whole Tell legend, written by John W. Houghton to accompany the sixteen color illustrations.
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"Mark my words," said Tell's wife, Hedwig, when her husband told her about it after supper that night—"mark my words, he will never forgive you."
"I will avoid him," said Tell. "He will not seek me."
"Well, mind you do," was Hedwig's reply.
On another occasion, when the Governor's soldiers were chasing a friend of his, called Baumgarten, and when Baumgarten's only chance of escape was to cross the lake during a fierce storm, and when the ferryman, sensibly . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
With “William Tell Told Again” P. G. Wodehouse ventured into the area of Children’s literature. Originally published on November 11th, 1904, the story fits exactly the title, as Wodehouse retells the legend of William Tell in kind of a “Fractured Fairy Tales” manner. Of course, retelling a legend wh
Not Wodehouse's most engaging effort.
A very quick and easy read! I’ve always been interested in reading a bit more of the William Tell story, and I thoroughly enjoyed this telling that had Wodehouses dry humour sprinkled throughout.
I'd never heard of this early Wodehouse, perhaps because its a children's book which came as both illustrated with rhymes and a straight short narrative. The poem version is fun comic doggerel, but the prose is an interesting look as both a stykle developing and also a stab at writing for kids. Ther
I could almost hear Edward Everett Horton voicing this fractured fairy tale. Much like the episodes that aired in between the much better Rocky & Bulwinkle and time travel segments, this was passably enjoyable and a quick read. If you are reading PG Wodehouse in order this is a nice break from the s
What fun! I was familiar with the whole shooting an apple off the head of his son theme, but I had never read the whole thing, before. Certainly, this version paints the general populace as total idiots, and William Tell as a true hero!