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

[Shaun Hately]

On 15 Dec 2003 at 6:39, Shaun Hately wrote:

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

Oops - in case I wasn't clear here, 'How to be Topp' is one of the Molesworth books.

The others are 'Down With Skool', 'Back in the Jug Agane', and 
'Whiz for Atoms'.

http://www.stcustards.free-online.co.uk will give people a taste of 
the humour of these books.



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