Mr. Kaplan still likes the class

One of the most popular humorous stories of the last century

About the charmingly humorous difficulties, linguistic and otherwise, of the pupils of the New York Adult Preparatory Evening School.

One of the most popular humorous books of the last century. Sparkling humour, based on language, its tricks and puns.

Professor Parkhill's class is indeed diverse, what student, it's personality, Fate, nationality and a unique approach to dealing with the insidiousness of language, which must be mastered, to make the best of the new conditions. Professor Parkhill teaches English to immigrants from (not only, but mostly) Eastern Europe at New York's Adult Preparatory Evening School. Students may come and go, but Hyman Kaplan stays. Because Mr. Kaplan not only loves his class. Mr. Kaplan STILL likes class. And it's a good thing, because only from him and through him will we learn what "life in the slammer" is.

Language inventor Hyman Kaplan was born under the sign of Libra (like the explorer Christopher Columbus, to which he proudly subscribes).