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Mike: A Public School Story

by: P. G. Wodehouse

Publication date: 2007-11-21

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, wodehouse, humor, psmith, mike

Language: English

LibriVox recording of Mike: A Public School Story, by P. G. Wodehouse. Read by Debra Lynn.

This novel introduces the characters Mike Jackson and Psmith, who are featured in several of Wodehouse’s later works. It shows how the two characters first met each other as teenagers at boarding school. As Psmith doesn’t appear until about halfway through this book, it was later released as two separate books, Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith. There’s lots of cricket, but you don’t need to understand the game to enjoy the antics of these public school boys as they "rag" each other and the authorities. (Summary by Debra Lynn)

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Reviewer: mikezane - - November 21, 2014
Subject: Really makes me want to take up cricket

I enjoyed this story a lot. Mike starts out at one school, but is a bit of a lazy bones. So, his pop moves him to another school where the real adventures begin, thanks to the appearance of Psmith.

I really enjoyed this story. Reader and recordings were good, I did have to use GE filtering a bit, but nothing huge or detracting to the story.

Reviewer: Timothy Ferguson - - October 3, 2013
Subject: An odd offering from Wodehouse

A strangely unfunny Wodehouse, about boys at public school playing tricks on each other and their teachers. There’s an awful lot of cricket, taken far more seriously than necessary.

It's all right as a public school story, although the plot's a bit flat and obvious, but from the author, as a reader I bought certain expectations of humorousness that were not met.

The read is clear and well done, but the plot lets it down. Hard to recommend – Wodehouse completists?

Reviewer: GonzoRanch - - April 10, 2013
Subject: quite good

The previous review... ssaaay whhaaat???
Not as funny as his normal books, but the story's real good. Lot of thought went into it, & I'm going to listen to it again. It's real good.

Reviewer: hollymae - - July 5, 2011
Subject: Animal Land

One hot summers day Lucy and Alex went out on a animal hunt, they went through the woods and found a hot, smelly bird what had been hurt badly because it has hurt its wing and can not fly so lucy carefully placed it is her smooth, soft hands. Alex placed water on its wing and the bird flow out of Lucys hands and now gone for a lovely life.

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