- Unknown Binding: 122 pages
- Publisher: Collins (Armada Lions) (1973)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007BGCAE
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Ronald Searle was one of Britain's best-loved cartoonists, and Geoffrey Willans (if I remember correctly) a former teacher. If there is such a thing as a genius, then Willans and Searle together were one.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Wizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible to anyone but Britons is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
P.S. And should you be wondering (during reading) exactly what Treens might be, they're the myrmidons of that most unforgettable villain The Mekon (whose portrait you can see here), from the wonderful contemporary comic-book series Dan Dare.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Wizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible to anyone but Britons is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
P.S. And should you be wondering (during reading) exactly what Treens might be, they're the myrmidons of that most unforgettable villain The Mekon (whose portrait you can see here), from the wonderful contemporary comic-book series Dan Dare.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read these books in the 60s and can still recite word-perfect phrases from them, they were so memorable. My three teenage kids have regularly been told that they are 'utterly wet and a weed' and school dinners remain 'the piece of cod which passeth all understanding'. (They all love the books too!) These books will have you laughing out loud from start to finish, even though they echo a distant age and a school environment that modern kids would not believe ever existed! Treat yourself and grab a copy.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Simply the best, as any fule kno
14 May 2009
Format:Paperback
Ronald Searle was one of Britain's best-loved cartoonists, and Geoffrey Willans (if I remember correctly) a former teacher. If there is such a thing as a genius, then Willans and Searle together were one.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Whizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible in the US is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
The reviews here are sparse, I see, so look at Amazon UK for a fuller perspective.
I see also that the second-hand price of some of the individual volumes is becoming ludicrous, so best just to go straight for the Penguin. The original "Compleet Molesworth" was actually missing a small part of "Back in the Jug Agane" (which is why I bought the individual volumes), but I don't know about the Penguin.
I hope perhaps this has provided some context; now you can look at Amazon UK :-)
P.S. If you can't remember Britain in the 50's and need a cultural glossary, see my So You'd Like To... Guide.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Whizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible in the US is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
The reviews here are sparse, I see, so look at Amazon UK for a fuller perspective.
I see also that the second-hand price of some of the individual volumes is becoming ludicrous, so best just to go straight for the Penguin. The original "Compleet Molesworth" was actually missing a small part of "Back in the Jug Agane" (which is why I bought the individual volumes), but I don't know about the Penguin.
I hope perhaps this has provided some context; now you can look at Amazon UK :-)
P.S. If you can't remember Britain in the 50's and need a cultural glossary, see my So You'd Like To... Guide.
Simply the best, as any fule kno
10 Aug 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Ronald Searle was one of Britain's best-loved cartoonists, and Geoffrey Willans (if I remember correctly) a former teacher. If there is such a thing as a genius, then Willans and Searle together were one.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Whizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible in the US is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
The reviews here are sparse, I see, so look at Amazon UK for a fuller perspective.
I see also that the second-hand price of some of the individual volumes is becoming ludicrous, so best just to go straight for the Penguin. The original "Compleet Molesworth" was actually missing a small part of "Back in the Jug Agane" (which is why I bought the individual volumes), but I don't know about the Penguin.
I hope perhaps this has provided some context; now you can look at Amazon UK :-)
P.S. If you can't remember Britain in the 50's and need a cultural glossary, see my So You'd Like To... Guide.
The Molesworth books purport to be instructional manuals by an English public schoolboy named Nigel Molesworth, about how to survive the school experience. From the day the first was published in 1953, they became a wild success, especially with schoolchildren. They are still in print and still eminently applicable (which says something both about the quality of the books, and about the nature of the British school system, which even at that point hadn't changed much in 400 years).
The wild misspelling that permeates them caused hysteria among parents, and their removal from many school libraries (the books, not the parents). Nevertheless, many phrases from them have since gone into the English lexicon, particularly "enuff said" and "as any fule kno".
The quartet consists of:
Down with Skool
How to be Topp
Whizz for Atomms
Back in the Jug Agane
and an omnibus edition,
The Compleet Molesworth, reprinted by Penguin as
Molesworth
These are considered absolute classics in the UK along with gems such as 1066 and all that. Whether they're intelligible in the US is another matter; but I didn't think Monty Python would be, and I was wrong about that...
The reviews here are sparse, I see, so look at Amazon UK for a fuller perspective.
I see also that the second-hand price of some of the individual volumes is becoming ludicrous, so best just to go straight for the Penguin. The original "Compleet Molesworth" was actually missing a small part of "Back in the Jug Agane" (which is why I bought the individual volumes), but I don't know about the Penguin.
I hope perhaps this has provided some context; now you can look at Amazon UK :-)
P.S. If you can't remember Britain in the 50's and need a cultural glossary, see my So You'd Like To... Guide.
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