Swan Song of A.J. Wentworth (The Wentworth Papers) by Ellis, H.F.

45 in stock

198mm x 128mm x 9mm

Pages: 144

The last of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless assistant schoolmaster.
It is to be A.J. WentworthGÇÖs final appearance on the scholastic scene. Once more he dons his cap and gown GÇô or, to be more precise, RawlinsonGÇÖs cap and gown GÇô and returns to Burgrove for just one more time.
His final term includes a brief but broadening visit to the United States, in addition to the usual intellectual cut and thrust of the classroom. Whether heGÇÖs causing a stir on Fifth Avenue, or merely GÇÿtrying to knock a bit of sense into a bunch of thick-headed boys,GÇÖ A.J. Wentworth fumbles, blusters and generally carries on.
A comic study in blinkered English manners, the Wentworth Papers will delight fans of P.G. Wodehouse or Grossmiths Mr Pooter. First introduced to readers in the pages of Punch magazine, it was later dramatized for both BBC Radio and ITV drama.

Editorial reviews:

GÇÿA splendid comic hero GǪ cannot fail to engage the sympathy of everyone who has ever sat in a classroom either as master or pupil GǪ Few books have made me laugh out loud quite so often.GÇÖ Evening Standard
GÇÿI was often helpless with laughter. Not a book to be read in public.GÇÖ The Oldie
GÇÿA truly comic invention.GÇÖ The Guardian
GÇÿMasterly caricature.GÇÖ Times Literary Supplement
GÇÿWentworth turns out to be the hero of a work certain to be pigeon-holed as a minor classic by which people usually mean a classic more readable than the major kind GǪ a man Mr Pooter would regard with awe but nevertheless recognise as a brother.GÇÖ Spectator
GÇÿA book of such hilarious nature that I had to give up reading it in public.GÇÖ New Statesman
GÇÿOne of the funniest books ever.GÇÖ Sunday Express