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The Fourth of June

David Benedictus

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Description:Pre-ISBN.A four page glossary of Etonian terms (slang) of the period is given at the back of the book."ETON ... -- among whose hallowed buildings a 'guinea-pig' (an ex-grammar school boy) is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain ... a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter ... and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother ... the Eton of David Benedictus' shock-filled, highly controversial first novel.""One of the most brilliant first novels since the War" -- Ian Fleming, Sunday Times (London broadsheet newspaper).AUTHOR's NOTE (1962): "Things have changed since I was at Eton, College Chapel has a new roof and three more stained-glass windows. The 'scugger' is no longer much in evidence and the scaffolding is gone from the cloisters. There is talk of a bypass. There was talk too, at the Headmasters' Conference of implementing the very few vacancies for poorer boys from government schools, talk which may yet, through the foresight of Dr Robert Birley, Headmaster of Eton, and Sir Desmond Lee, Headmaster of Winchester, and in spite of the thick-headedness of councils and such, be translated into action. Things have changed, but I don't believe that Etonians have. Younger brothers, and soon eldest sons, will carry on the traditions of snobbery and cruelty unles ... Unless what? Good luck and eloquence to Dr Birley and Sir Desmond Lee! "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fourth of June. To get started finding The Fourth of June, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 176

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pan Books Ltd, London

Release: 1964

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Description: Pre-ISBN.A four page glossary of Etonian terms (slang) of the period is given at the back of the book."ETON ... -- among whose hallowed buildings a 'guinea-pig' (an ex-grammar school boy) is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain ... a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter ... and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother ... the Eton of David Benedictus' shock-filled, highly controversial first novel.""One of the most brilliant first novels since the War" -- Ian Fleming, Sunday Times (London broadsheet newspaper).AUTHOR's NOTE (1962): "Things have changed since I was at Eton, College Chapel has a new roof and three more stained-glass windows. The 'scugger' is no longer much in evidence and the scaffolding is gone from the cloisters. There is talk of a bypass. There was talk too, at the Headmasters' Conference of implementing the very few vacancies for poorer boys from government schools, talk which may yet, through the foresight of Dr Robert Birley, Headmaster of Eton, and Sir Desmond Lee, Headmaster of Winchester, and in spite of the thick-headedness of councils and such, be translated into action. Things have changed, but I don't believe that Etonians have. Younger brothers, and soon eldest sons, will carry on the traditions of snobbery and cruelty unles ... Unless what? Good luck and eloquence to Dr Birley and Sir Desmond Lee! "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fourth of June. To get started finding The Fourth of June, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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