- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Pavilion Books; New edition edition (1 Sep 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1851450017
- ISBN-13: 978-1851450015
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 118,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A story featuring the trials and tribulations of Nigel Molesworth at St Custards school. Using his own brand of outrageous spelling, it includes his advice on how to cope with "bulies, snekes, grown-ups and other chizzes".
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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"The Compleet Molesworth" collects all four Molesworth books into one : Down With Skool!, How To Be Topp, Back in the Jug Agane and Wizz For Atomms. It chronicles the misadventures of Nigel Molesworth, the Goriller of 3B - author, satirist, philosopher and keen observer of skool life. While loosely based on boarding school life in the 50s, ex-schoolmaster Geoffrey Willans' sharp eye and sharper wit make this hideously funny. No one is safe - masters, bulies, gurls, cads, sops, oiks, parents, the skool dog - all are ridiculed with aplomb and brilliantly illustrated by Ronald Searle. Like any skoolboy, Willans often takes us off into fantasy and daydream, but also enjoys ending each chapter with a little bit of Nigel's wordly wisdom. Pon my soul dere darling Arabela but life is TUOUGH...but not so tough with Molesworth in your pocket.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book is an absolute gem. Molesworth would have been a parent by thetime Adrian Mole came on the scene but he clearly had a wit, that isforever beyond Mole, at a very early age. From Fotherington-Thomas,through Grippa to the Skool Dog via Kanes I hav nown, The CompleetMolesworth is a riotous read from start to finish. Geoffrey Willans takesyou on a journey through public school life in the 50's that, I am sure,is as relevant today as it was when originally penned. Please don't be putoff if you didn't go to public school, you'll still love it, I didn't andI do. This is, without a doubt, one of the funniest books I have everread.
**Warning - Don't read this book while commuting as riotous laughter whilealone may result in you being approached by a number of people in whitecoats.
**Warning - Don't read this book while commuting as riotous laughter whilealone may result in you being approached by a number of people in whitecoats.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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"The Compleet Molesworth" is an anthology of all previously published works concerning one Nigel Molesworth Esq. Scurge of 2B and all time whizz at conkers. I think the reason I most like this collection is because so much of it rings true. Anyone who has been to an English Prep school, or indeed "boarded" at any establishment will love the down to earth brutality of skool life in the dorms. From the moment Nigel is left at the station by Mater and Pater along with all the blubbing new boys (plebs) to the Great Flood of St. Custards this is a fantastically hillarious account of skool life. The fact that it was written in the 50's but still holds true today is either a testiment to the private schooling system, or a damning indictment of the same. Order the book, read the accounts of beautiful under-matron Entwhistle and Molesworth II. Remember the good and bad times if you were ever bored in evening prep, else be horrified at the brutal and unjust methods used to force small school boys to face the senior fast bowlers at the wicket. Wot fun, whizz bang and chiz to all beaks.
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Molesworth lives on!
Having been exposed to the Molesworth world view not too long after the books were published, it's a great pleasure to revisit them and find them as entertaining as ever. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. P. H. Turner
Simply the best, as any fule kno
Ronald Searle was one of Britain's best-loved cartoonists, and Geoffrey Willans (if I remember correctly) a former teacher. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Paul Magnussen
Molesworth - not just for children
When I was as school, this was one of my favourite books. I used to love the cartoons and the terrible spelling. At the time it seemed so subversive. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Bacchus
Raise a chuckle
This I bought as a present for my brother who relished this kind of humour as a child. He is 70 this year and he said that he so enjoyed dipping in and out of it and found himself... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Rose
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