Elective English CBSE Grade 11

1. MISSED
By- P G WODEHOUSE

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yai97GXZlgE
Do we create superheroes and topple them?
Do we also become insensitive to their feelings?

5. P. G. Wodehouse: A Brief History
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith,
Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P. G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at
Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-
time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals including Punch and the Globe. He married
in 1914.
As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies with Guy Bolton
and Jerome Kern, and at one time had five musicals running simultaneously on Broadway. His
time in Hollywood also provided much source material for fiction.
He enjoyed attending Dulwich College, where he was successful both as a scholar and a
sportsman: he was a member of the Classics VIth Form (traditionally, the preserve of the
brightest pupils) and a school prefect; he edited the college magazine, The Alleynian, sang and
acted leading roles in musical and theatrical productions and gained his school coloursas a
member of the cricket First XI and rugby football First XV; he also represented the school at
boxing (until barred by poor eyesight) and his house at athletics.
At the age of ninty-three, in the New Year’s Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue
knighthood, only to die on St Valentine’s Day some forty-five days later.

11. Ah, the bowler's low, querulous mutter
Points loud, unforgettable scoff!
Oh, give me my driver and putter!
Henceforward my game shall be golf.
If I'm asked to play cricket hereafter,
I am wholly determined to scratch.
Life's void of all pleasure and laughter;
I bungled the easiest catch.