Charles Hamilton Quotes

“Smithy backed round the corner without replying to that question. Billy Bunter had found a safe refuge, and Vernon-Smith had to leave him to it. His only consolation was to resolve to burst William George Bunter all over Greyfriars School when he saw him again.”

“His tight trousers against which boots and canes are constantly thudding, his astuteness in search of food, his Postal Order which never turns up, have make his famous wherever the Union Jack waves.”

“Willam George Bunter sat silent, staring indifferently at Mr. Quelch. A ray of sunlight from the window was reflected on his big spectacles, making them gleam almost like headlights.”

“Billy Bunter suppressed his indignant feelings. But his indignation was deep. Quelch had asked him what the Royal Oak was. Bunker had told him. Yet he was given a hundred lines_ for nothing, so far as Bunter could see.”

“In many ways he is an unlikeable character - dishonest, selfish and greedy - and is often bullied yet we identify with him as the one (horror of horrors) who doesn’t fit in at school. ”

“The other boys are superior and aloof and tease him relentlessly and bully him. Yet he doesn’t care.”

“Billy Bunter’s sudden enthusiasm for the summer game seemed to have petered out as suddenly as it had arisen! It had, in fact, lasted exactly as long as was required to get his line done!”

“Bunter is up to his usual pranks; falling asleep in class, stealing jam and cakes from other boys’ lockers, chalking rude things on the blackboard.”

“Bunter is up setting six of the best from Mr Quelch, failing to turn up for cricket, scuffling with the local vagrant and even being threatened with expulsion.”

“Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School is the hilarious story of the adventures of a group of boys in a boarding school.”