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    The White Feather
    The White Feather
    The White Feather
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    The White Feather

    By P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

    3.5/5

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1972
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    • 4/5
      Despite my ignorance involving sports (what is the English sport "Fives"? is it handball?), once I got into this 'School Story' I really enjoyed it. It wasn't as humorous as many of his novels but instead was a good coming of age story from the early years of the 20th century.
    • 5/5
      An early Wodehouse, this school story focuses on poor Sheen. He's ostracized by his house because of a moment of weakness and spends the rest of the book trying to figure out how to repair that. He wins the school's big scholarship and learns to box in order to show the other boys how valuable he is.
    • 3/5
      Given that this is about a boy's school and a boxing champion, it was more enjoyable than I would have expected. Wodehouse was a talented writer, and his insights into life and characters are always, in my view, well done. Worth reading by fans of Wodehouse, and as a piece of cultural history, albeit (I hope) slightly caricatured. But the gradual growth of a studious schoolboy into a strong fighter is nicely done, albeit rather depressing to those of us who prefer quiet, intelligent types and loathe any form of violent sport. I read a Project Gutenberg free edition; as far as I know it's only currently available in electronic form, or second-hand.
    • 3/5
      Fairly standard Wodehouse school story, focusing on the redemption of Sheen through taking up boxing. Quick to read, nothing outstanding about it.
    • 3/5
      In my opinion this is the best of PG Wodehouse's full-length school stories. The others all have good moments here and there, but this one has much more quality scenes, with fewer sections that make me want to skip over them.The only parts I skimmed over in "The White Feather" were the detailed descriptions of team sporting events. The boxing, on the other hand, I can cope well with, especially so because I like the character - Sheen - who takes up the sport.And it's Sheen who raises this tale above Mr Wodehouse's other school stories, as whilst the others feature several lead characters, this tale focuses on one 'hero' and a few secondary characters. Thus at last we have a school story with a focal point, creating sympathy & interest, while also boosting the plot.Had it not been for the digressions into graphic descriptions of team sporting events I would've given this four stars.Worth checking out unless you hate reading about boxing, though that said, Sheen's story makes the boxing side of things more interesting, so you may like it anyway.
    • 5/5
      Outstanding example of a Wodehouse public school ripping yarn of his early era (aged 26 in 1907). Full of chaps, rotters, fags and bounders of various types, rugger, boxing and fives. Has a number of flaws which he later discusses in his "Performing Flea" autobioigraphy, notably the inclusion of too many characters, and having "big" scenes where the major characters aren't actually present. Nonetheless a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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