The Tale of St. Austens and Others

By P.G. Wodehouse

Pillingshot was annoyed. He was disgusted, mortified; no other word for it. He had no objection, of course, to Mr Mellish saying that his work during the term, and especially his Livy, had been disgraceful. A master has the right to say that sort of thing if he likes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Jul 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781627932790

P.G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English writer best known for his humorous novels and plays with such memorable characters as, Psmith, Mr. Mulliner, Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves. A prolific writer with some ninety books, forty plays, and two hundred short stories to his credit, he has been described as a “comic poet” with a gift for high farce.

Reviews for The Tale of St. Austens and Others

[ajbraithwaite_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A mixed bag, from my perspective. Absolutely loved Wodehouse's review of Tom Brown's Schooldays (which completely tallied with my feelings about the book) and enjoyed 'The Maneouvres of Charteris' but found some of the other stories too focused on cricket and rugby, to the point where I was skimming great chunks of them. Although having said that, I did enjoy the 'Now, Talking About Cricket-' essay...

[devenish_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Here are sixteen short stories about St.Austin's school,and the boys and masters there. As usual ,Wodehouse gives us an hilarious take on the English boarding school scene. Some marvelous characters emerge,such as Pillingshot,Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw,Charles Augustus Walkinshaw and 'Babe MacArthur plus the truly awful Miss Florence Beezley.The collection includes my personal favorite 'The Tabby Terror', in which a feline criminal by the name of Captain Kettle is finally brought to justice.If you enjoy Wodehouse,then you will not be disappointed with this collection.