# School Stories — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for School Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/work.md): The narrator argues that school life should revolve around enjoyment and athletics rather than academic work, criticizing the system that forces boys to study classical languages and praising the ideal of a school focuse
- [Now, Talking About Cricket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/now-talking-about-cricket.md): The narrator reflects on the joys and nuances of cricket, contrasting it with football, and extolling the virtues of the game as a serious business. He shares personal anecdotes about school matches, the importance of wh
- [The Tom Brown Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-tom-brown-question.md): A traveler on a train is drawn into a conversation by a stranger who argues that the second half of Tom Brown's Schooldays was written by a different author. The stranger presents evidence from the cricket match and Tom'
- [Bradshaw’s Little Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/bradshaw-s-little-story.md): The narrator recounts an incident involving Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw, a schoolboy whose cunning and unscrupulous nature foreshadows his later criminal career. On the eve of a Euripides exam, Bradshaw lounges idly wh
- [How Pillingshot Scored](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/how-pillingshot-scored.md): Pillingshot is dismayed by Mr. Mellish's surprise Livy exam and seeks a way to avoid it. After a grueling fielding session at the nets with Scott, he volunteers to score for the school cricket team at Windybury, thereby 

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- [The Odd Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-odd-trick.md)
- [L'Affaire Uncle John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/l-affaire-uncle-john.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Telegram from Major-General Sir Everard Venables, V.C., K.C.M.G., to his son Richard Venables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Letter from Mrs. James Anthony to Richard Venables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Harrison's Slight Error](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/harrison-s-slight-error.md)
- [A Shocking Affair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/a-shocking-affair.md)
- [The Babe and the Dragon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-babe-and-the-dragon.md)
- [The Manoeuvres of Charteris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-manoeuvres-of-charteris.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [How Payne Bucked Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/how-payne-bucked-up.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Author!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/author.md)
- [The Tabby Terror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-tabby-terror.md)
- [The Prize Poem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-prize-poem.md)
- [A Corner in Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/a-corner-in-lines.md)
- [The Autograph Hunters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-autograph-hunters.md)
- [An International Affair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/an-international-affair.md)
- [Shields’ and the Cricket Cup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/shields-and-the-cricket-cup.md)
- [The Politeness of Princes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-politeness-of-princes.md)
- [The Guardian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-guardian.md)
- [Pillingshot, Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/pillingshot-detective.md)

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