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Portuguese Irregular VerbsSeries

This series humorously chronicles the lives of eccentric academics navigating the absurdities of university life and personal entanglements. Witty dialogue and sharp observations on human nature abound, as the characters often find themselves in unexpected and comical predicaments. These situations frequently challenge their intellectual pretenses and lead to hilarious outcomes. It's a delightful choice for fans of British humor and satirical takes on academia.

The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
Portuguese irregular verbs
The finer points of sausage dogs
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
At the villa of reduced circumstances

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    Portuguese irregular verbs

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    Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due—a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. In Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Professor Dr von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel that results in a nipped nose. He also takes a field trip to Ireland where he becomes acquainted with the rich world of archaic Irishisms, and he develops an aching infatuation with a Dentist fatale. Along the way, he takes two ill-fated Italian sojourns, the first merely uncomfortable, the second definitely dangerous.

    Portuguese irregular verbs
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    Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
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    Life is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg. There is the undeserved rise of his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer; the interminable ramblings of the librarian, Herr Huber; and the condescension of his colleagues with regard to his unmarried state. But when his friend Ophelia Prinzel takes it upon herself to match-make, and duly produces a cheerful heiress with her own Schloss, it appears that the professor's true worth is about to be recognised. Maddening, idiotic and hugely entertaining, von Igelfeld is an inspired comic creation.

    Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

  • The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur Clouseau's hapless gaucherie. Von Igelfeld inhabits the rarefied world of the Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, a world he shares with his equally tall and equally ridiculous colleagues, Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer. Their unlikely adventures are described in three deliciously funny instalments: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances.

    The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
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