num_pages: 384
description: 'You have been misinformed, I fear, Sir Alfred. I have not trespassed in your grounds for—ah—a considerable time.' The Head could not resist this thrust. In his unregenerate 'Varsity days he had been a power at the Union, where many a foeman had exposed himself to a verbal counter from him with disastrous results. Now the fencing must be done with buttons on the foils.
language: English
title: The Pothunters and Other School Stories
titlecomplete: The Pothunters and Other School Stories (School Stories, #1)
characters: Biffen, Drake, J. George Welch, Ned, Morrison, Simpson, Mr. Merevale, Barrett, Daintree, Reade, Alfred Venner, Jon Thompson, Tony Graham, Reginald Robinson, Saunders, Plunkett, Jackson (The Pothunters and Other School Stories), Scott, William, Alien Thomson, Jim Thomson, Stokes, Dawkins, Robert MacArthur, Parker, Dimsdale, Dallas, Perkins, Galloway, Inspector Roberts, Mr. Ward, Arthur James Perceval, Grey, Adamson, Vaughan, Charteris
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, School Stories, British Literature, Comedy, Juvenile, School, Humor, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 917
places: United Kingdom
series: School Stories
publisher: Penguin Books