Books by Eleanor Berry

This book humorously examines a mad upper class school mistress's fall from grace. Rhoda Buckleshott is sacked from her school for teaching her pupils to write prosaic antiquated English. The word "yes" is not permitted, only the words "I feel bound to reply in the affirmative". A sick basin is referred to as an "appropriate precautionary receptacle". The book wittily describes Rhoda Buckleshott's escalating acts of revenge against the headmistress, some funny, others wickedly and chillingly unpleasant.