[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: British boarding school stories (was Coming of age in the WW)

[Shaun Hately]

On 14 Dec 2003 at 19:12, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:

> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley"
> <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> 
> > I'd be interested to know which examples of this genre people have 
> > read, and any comparisons to Hogwarts (perhaps we should take this 
> > back to the main list?).
> 
> I haven't read any except bits of Stalky long ago, but I have heard
> that  Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle wrote and drew a couple of
> school-story books named Molesworth in which "Hogwarts" appears as the
> name of a school. Apparently, they are now out-of-print and highly
> expensive collectibles, so I cannot check on this rumor myself.

Actually, it appears as the name of a play in 'How to be Topp' 
IIRC. I do have that somewhere, but can't put my hand on it right 
at this instant.


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