· Mike at Wrykyn is a delightful romp though the early career of a highly talented sportsman. The evocation of public school life and the codes of honour belonging to school, family and the game are conveyed with all Wodehouse's customary wit and brilliance. · One of Wodehouse's earliest novels, though not the first, Mike at Wrykyn is the first of the 'Mike at school' novels. This novel details Mike Jackson's experiences at the public school Wrykyn, paying especially attention to the sport cricket/5(4). Though Mike was the last work to feature Wrykyn as a central setting, it would briefly flit in and out in other works. Though not as ubiquitous a location as the Drones Club or even Valley Fields of the later stories, Wrykyn remained a vital landmark in Wodehouse's fictional world.
Mike at Wrykyn (Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE) by P.G. Wodehouse () A REVIEW OF 'MIKE PSMITH' by P.G. WODEHOUSE What ho! 'Mike Psmith' () is something of a pleasant surprise, it being a wonderfully early, ebullient entry from the master of comic prose. Telling the misadventures of its two titular heroes as they. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mike, by P. G. Wodehouse This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.doorway.ru Title: Mike Author: P. G. Wodehouse. The following is a complete list of books by P. G. Wodehouse, including novels and collections of short stories, sorted first by date of publication and later by "series" - i.e. by recurring characters or www.doorway.ruuse's work has been anthologized, recompiled, and republished under a great many titles; only the titles as originally published are listed here.
We now come to what was practically a turning-point in Mike’s career at Wrykyn. There is no doubt that his meteor-like flights at cricket had an unsettling effect on him. He was enjoying life amazingly, and, as is not uncommon with the prosperous, he waxed fat and kicked. It is set at Wrykyn school, scene of Wodehouse's earlier book The Gold Bat (), and the later Mike (). Like many early Wodehouse novels, the story first appeared as a serial in the boys' magazine The Captain, between October and March The phrase "white feather" is a reference to cowardice. In the novel, Sheen, a quiet and studious boy, finds himself facing a street brawl between boys of Wrykyn and a gang of local toughs. This novel introduces the characters Mike Jackson and Psmith, who are featured in several of Wodehouse’s later works. It shows how the two characters first met each other as teenagers at boarding school. As Psmith doesn’t appear until about halfway through this book, it was later released as two separate books, Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith. There’s lots of cricket, but you don’t need to understand the game to enjoy the antics of these public school boys as they "rag" each other.
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