A Prefect's Uncle
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Open LibraryAbout this book
<p>A new term is beginning at Beckford College, and “Bishop” Gethryn seems to have it all: He’s the head prefect of his schoolhouse, a top athlete on both the cricket and rugby teams, and is respected by his schoolmates and the Headmaster. But when his uncle arrives at the school, Gethryn’s world (and that of the school’s cricket team) is upended.</p> <p><i>The Prefect’s Uncle</i> is <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/p-g-wodehouse">P. G. Wodehouse’s</a> second novel, and was first published in 1903.</p>
Themes & subjects
Fiction, generalSchools, fictionChildren's fictionSchools -- FictionHumorous storiesUncles -- Fiction
First published 1924About the author
P. G. Wodehouse
15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) (pronounced /ˈwʊdhaʊs/) was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be widely read. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of pre-war English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career. An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been ad…
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