School Stories

The Politeness of Princes and Others is a compilation of school related short stories by Wodehouse.

A comic crime caper from the popular and prolific twentieth-century author of the Jeeves novels featuring Bertie Wooster. When Ogden Ford, the chubby son of a divorced American millionaire, arrives at a posh English prep school, he sets in motion a dastardly plot. There's a new classics teacher at the school who's not who he purports to be ... The schoolmaster in training, Peter Burns, is really working for Ogden's mother, who wants her son back after losing custody of him to her ex-husband. What Peter doesn't know is that he's soon to have competition in the kidnapping contest. American gangsters have already targeted the boy, known as "Little Nugget," for his ransom value-and they aren't afraid to cross the pond to get him. What follows is a convoluted game of thwarted abductions, hair's-breadth escapes, and romantic escapades.

After walking away from a fight and being branded a coward, a schoolboy seeks redemption in this great underdog story.

The Politeness of Princes and Others is a compilation of school related short stories by Wodehouse, including: • The politeness of princes • Shields' and the Cricket cup • An international Affair • The Guardian • A Corner in Lines • The Autograph Hunters • Pillingshot, Detective

Set at a boarding school, The Pothunters is Wodehouses's first novel. The boys of the school are happy to study and take part in their school's boxing and running teams, but when a clan of burglaring ne'er- do-wells steals the school's sports trophies-- "pots"-- the students join in the hunt for the thieves. Sparkling and witty, The Pothunters is a treat for any Wodehouse fan and offers a unique glimpse into the mind of the writer.

When the 'Little Nugget', alias of thirteen-year-old Ogden Ford, bulgy, rude, chain-smoking son of an American millionaire, arrives at Sanstead House School, the fun has just begun. He is named "the Little Nugget" due to his immense ransom value, being a prime target for kidnappers. Mr. Peter Burns, a none-too-dedicated schoolmaster engaged by snobbish Mr. Abney to educate his handpicked pupils, soon finds himself and his enraptured class at the mercy of an American gunman-and at the beginning of a series of truly mind-boggling adventures-in a delicious Wodehouse tale of suspense, excitement, and romance.

This novel tells of how two boys, O'Hara and Moriarty, tar and feather a statue of the local M.P. as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team, and after the escapade he discovers that the trinket is missing. Schoolboy honor is at stake, and Trevor and his friends try to get the gold bat back.

Set at the fictional school of Eckleton, the story centers around the house of "Kay's," the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr. Kay, and Fenn, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys and with the locals in the nearby town, politics amongst the houses of the school, a trip to an army-style camp, and plenty of cricket and rugby.

This novel tells of how two boys, O'Hara and Moriarty, tar and feather a statue of the local M.P. as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team, and after the escapade he discovers that the trinket is missing. Schoolboy honor is at stake, and Trevor and his friends try to get the gold bat back.