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A Prefect's Uncle is one of P. G. Wodehouse's early school stories, a comic boarding-school novel of cricket, mischief, loyalty, and impossible family embarrassment. At Beckford College, Gethryn is a respected prefect, cricketer, and senior boy until Reginald... Read Full Overview

At Beckford College, where the pupils seem to be spending most of their time playing cricket, Gethryn is faced with this younger uncle arriving at the school.

A Prefect's Uncle is one of P. G. Wodehouse's early school stories, a comic boarding-school novel of cricket, mischief, loyalty, and impossible family embarrassment. At Beckford College, Gethryn is a respected prefect, cricketer, and senior boy until Reginald... Read Full Overview

A Prefect's Uncle is an early novel by P.G. Wodehouse.The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Reginald Farnie, who turns out to be the... Read Full Overview

One of Wodehouse's early novels set in an English public school, a school story that revolves around cricket, stolen money, and an embarrassing uncle (who happens to be younger than his nephew) who enrolls in in his school. The arrival of Farnie at Beckford College brings much... Read Full Overview

A Prefect's Uncle by P. G. Wodehouse One of Wodehouse's early novels set in an English public school, a school story that revolves around cricket, stolen money, and an embarrassing uncle (who happens to be younger than his nephew) who enrolls in in his school. The arrival of... Read Full Overview

Marriott walked into the senior day-room, and, finding no one there, hurled his portmanteau down on the table with a bang. The noise brought William into the room. William was attached to Leicester's House, Beckford College, as a mixture of butler and bootboy. He carried a pail... Read Full Overview

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At Beckford College, where the pupils seem to be spending most of their time playing cricket, Gethryn is faced with this younger uncle arriving at the school.

When Reginald Farnie arrives at Beckford College, a private School for boys. It turns out he is actually the uncle of the older "Bishop" Gethryn, a prefect, cricketer and popular figure in the School.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview

One of Wodehouse's early novels set in an English public school, a school story that revolves around cricket, stolen money, and an embarrassing uncle (who happens to be younger than his nephew) who enrolls in in his school. The arrival of Farnie at Beckford College brings much... Read Full Overview

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