William Tell Told Again, PG Wodehouse

William Tell Told Again

by PG Wodehouse, 

verse by John W Houghton

illustrated by Philip Dadd

humour, comic

copyright 1904

read in May 2023

rated 7/10: well worth reading

This is not Wodehouse as we know him. This is a story with some bite. Some social satire. Yet still light and enjoyable.

There is a poem. The same story is told in text (by Wodehouse) and there are rather pretty illustrations. It all adds up to a very enjoyable book. With some interesting extras:

• I now know more about the William Tell legend.
• It was created as a present. Back when people read books this would have been a delightful present.
• and in these more modern times of online books, you can buy the book for twenty or thirty dollars. *Or* you can download it for *free* -- verse, text and illustrations -- from Gutenberg.

Which makes me wonder: what is the source material for the online book-sellers?

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