Tales of St. Austin's - Softcover

P.G. Wodehouse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140065563 ISBN 13: 9780140065565

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1983

Synopsis

It scarcely seemed possible. And yet--Bradshaw was generally right. If he said he had a scheme for doing--though it was generally for not doing--something, it rarely failed to come off. I thought of my sixpence, my only sixpence, and felt a distinct pang of remorse. After all, only the other day the chaplain had said how wrong it was to bet. By Jove, so he had. Decent man the chaplain. Pity to do anything he would disapprove of. I was on the point of recalling my wager, when before my mind's eye rose a vision of Bradshaw rampant and sneering, and myself writhing in my chair a crushed and scored-off wreck. I drew the line at that. I valued my self-respect at more than sixpence. If it had been a shilling now.

About this title

About the Author:

P. G. Wodehouse (1881 1975) spent much of his life in Southampton, New York, but was born in England and educated in Surrey. He became an American citizen in 1955. In a literary career spanning more than seventy years, he published more than ninety books and twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies.

Review:

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever." — Douglas Adams



"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own." — Evelyn Waugh

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0140065563
• ISBN 13: 9780140065565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 185