The White Feather
The White Feather
Needless to say that boxing, which is so dear to Mr. Wodehouse's heart, figures largely in this story. It enables a boy who presents, at first, a very unheroic appearance, to turn the tables completely on his detractors. For the rest, we have the ordinary ups and downs of a school life, but they are told in a very amusing way, and Linton is a host in himself as far as entertainment goes. '' The White Feather " is sure to be popular.
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ted in any glaring breach of the rules, and their manner towards
the powers that be is, as a rule, suave, even deferential. Yet it is
one of the things which everybody knows, that they are in the black
books of the authorities, and that sooner or later, in the picturesque
phrase of the New Yorker, they will "get it in the neck". To this class
Stanning and Attell belonged. It was plain to all that the former was
the leading member of the firm. A glance at the latter was enough to
show that, whatever ambitions he may have had in the direction of
villainy, he had not the brains necessary for really satisfactory
evildoing. As for Stanning, he pursued an even course of life, always
rigidly obeying the eleventh commandment, "thou shalt not be found
out". This kept him from collisions with the authorities; while a ready
tongue and an excellent knowledge of the art of boxing--he was, after
Drummond, the best Light-Weight in the place--secured him at least
tolerance at the hand of the school: and, as a matter of fact,
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This early book by Wodehouse is mainly of interest in showing his developmet as a humorist. It is typical story of school days in which the shy scholarly seemingly negligent boy triumphs athletically. Of course being Wodehouse it is well written and enjoyable but without that great semi satirical yet kind humor of his later work.
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