The Papers of A.J. Wentworth, B.A. by Hf Ellis

The Papers of A.J. Wentworth, B.A. by Hf Ellis

There is chalk in his fingernails and paper darts fill the air asA. J. Wentworth, mathematics master at Burgrove Preparatory School, unwittingly opens the doors that lead not to knowledge but to chaos and confusion. This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today.

Praise for the Wentworth Papers:

‘A splendid comic hero … cannot fail to engage the sympathy of everyone who has ever sat in a classroom either as master or pupil … Few books have made me laugh out loud quite so often’ Evening Standard

‘I was often helpless with laughterNot a book to be read in public’ The Oldie

‘A truly comic invention’ The Guardian

‘Masterly caricature’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Wentworth turns out to be the hero of a work certain to be pigeon-holed as a minor classic by which people usually mean a classic more readable than the major kind … a man Mr Pooter would regard with awe but nevertheless recognise as a brother’ Spectator

‘A book of such hilarious nature that I had to give up reading it in public’ New Statesman

‘One of the funniest books ever’ Sunday Express

Humphry Francis Ellis was born in 1907 in Lincolnshire, and educated at Tonbridge and Magdalen College, Oxford. Following a year as assistant master at Marlborough school he began to write for Punch magazine. In 1949 Ellis became Punch’s Literary and Deputy Editor, a post which he held until 1953. It was during this period that he developed the character of A. J. Wentworth, inspired by his experience as a schoolmaster. Punch continued to publish Ellis's work, though from 1954 he found a more lucrative market in The New Yorker, where the Wentworth stories proved very popular.

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ISBN 13	9781788421836
ISBN 10	1788421833
Title	The Papers of A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
Author	Hf Ellis
Series	The Wentworth Papers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duckworth Books
Year published	2019-09-19
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.