I was intrigued by the illustrations that were depicted on the cover and its comparison to my dear roald dahl. Buy molesworth by geoffrey willans, ronald searle from waterstones today. They appeared in instalments in the childrens magazine. Buy the compleet molesworth new edition by geoffrey willans, ronald searle, tim rice isbn. Molesworth is the collective name for a series of books starring 1950s british schoolboy nigel molesworth, the selfproclaimed gorila of 3b and curse of st custards. Written by geoffrey willans, and illustrated with sheer brilliance by ronald searle, this reissue of the compleet molesworth brings n. What arewere some of the favourite books by the individual. Geoffrey willans and ronald searles molesworth books, published in four volumes between 1953 and 1959, are a series of boarding school parodies.
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