The Retirement of A.J. Wentworth (Paperback)

The second of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless schoolmaster. A. J. Wentworth, formerly teacher of mathematics at Burgrove prep school for boys, now passes his retirement years in a typically English rural village where somehow he seems unable to stay out of trouble. Wentworth lurches from mishap to misunderstanding, whether at the Conservative Association or the local dramatic society, the cricket club dinner or the vicarage Christmas Party. His piece de resistance proves to be the escorting of two schoolboys on a trip to Switzerland that unexpectedly detours into Italy. 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: 'A splendid comic hero ... cannot fail to engage the sympathy of everyone who has ever sat in a classroom either as master or pupil ... Few books have made me laugh out loud quite so often.' Evening Standard 'I was often helpless with laughter. Not a book to be read in public.' The Oldie 'A truly comic invention.' The Guardian 'Masterly caricature.' Times Literary Supplement 'Wentworth 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 ... a man Mr Pooter would regard with awe but nevertheless recognise as a brother.' Spectator 'A book of such hilarious nature that I had to give up reading it in public.' New Statesman 'One of the funniest books ever.' Sunday Express

General

Imprint:	Farrago
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Wentworth Papers
Release date:	December 2019
Authors:	H.F. Ellis
Dimensions:	128 x 198 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-1-78842-184-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Children's & Educational > Mathematics > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > Independent / public schools Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Books > Academic & Education > Primary & Secondary Education Promotions
LSN:	1-78842-184-1
Barcode:	9781788421843

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