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Boys’ Fiction: Ripping Yarns From The Victorian and Edwardian Heyday of Public School Fiction

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Boys’ Fiction: Ripping Yarns From The Victorian and Edwardian Heyday of Public School Fiction

AT last, a welcome repeat of Michael Palin and Terry Jones’s Ripping Yarns – post-Python parodies of all things public school and derring-do.

 

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The series is reflected upon, and its inspiration investigated, in this highly enjoyable BBC documentary

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Posted: 6th, April 2014 | In: Books, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment