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P.G. Wodehouse
Not-so-fresh off the tramp steamer from America, Sam Shotter settles in the sleepy suburb of Valley Fields. His pastoral peace is short-lived, however, when Soapy Molloy, Dolly the Dip, and…
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The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by ‘Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts…
When Sam Marlowe falls in love with his cousin’s sparky ex-fiancee he finds himself up against stiff opposition from her millionaire father, her father’s best friend and the best friend’s…
A Jeeves and Wooster novelWhen Bertie Wooster goes to Totleigh Towers to pour oil on the troubled waters of a lovers’ breach between Madeline Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle, he isn’t…
Features Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate…
A collection of hilarious, bright summer stories from the world of P.G. Wodehouse
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY
'For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G…
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Despite having sworn never to set foot in there again, Bertie, true to form, answers the call of friendship. But even the best laid plans can go awry and, as…
Further stories of members of the Drones Club and several adventures related by the Oldest Member of the golf club. Many old friends reappear - Bingo Little and Mrs Bingo…
Love is a powerful spur, and Cyril Fotheringay-Phipps (known to his friends as Barmy) invests his modest fortune in a stage production, encouraged by his admiration for the delectable Miss…
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When Jane unexpectedly becomes a millionairess, Jerry despairs of wooing her, but the sun never goes behind a cloud for long in Wodehouse: Jerry gets his Jane in the end…
With a brand new introduction from Greg James, this caper of supreme joy is a Wodehouse classic.
'A colourful universe of aristocratic buffoonery and public school nonsense' Greg James, host…
Wodehouse’s well-known gift for satisfying plots and comic surprises is evident on every page, but there are also signs of his debt to earlier writers in the realistic tradition.
P. G. Wodehouse
What happened to Monty Bodkin’s love for Hockey International Gertrude Butterwick? His year in Hollywood completed, he leaves behind his heartbroken secretary, Sandy Miller, and arrives in London to claim…
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Trapped in Steeple Bumpleigh, a man less stalwart than Bertie Wooster would probably give way at the knees. For among those present were Florence Craye, to whom Bertie had once…
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A Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus ‘Jeeves knows his place, and it is between the covers of a book.’ This is an omnibus of wonderful Jeeves and Wooster stories, specially selected…
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Thirteen hilarious, comforting stories from the master of comedic writing, P G Wodehouse
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHY RENTZENBRINK
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P G Wodehouse
This lavish collection of ever published of the incomparable stories of P.G. Wodehouse is paired with a complete and hilarious short novel.
N.T.P Murphy
Wodehouse Miscellany follows the development and progress of his legendary characters, tells us where Wodehouse got his ideas from and demonstrates why his admirers included Bertrand Russell, Berthold Brecht, George…
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An anthology of witty epigrams and humorous extracts full of wisdom.
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‘Wodehouse said letters make a wonderful oblique form for an autobiography, and Sophie Ratcliffe’s expertly edited collection amply proves the point.’ Spectator One of the funniest and most admired writers…
Re-examining P.G. Wodehouse in the context of recent scholarship on the middlebrow, this collection attends to his self-conscious relationship to the literary marketplace and his role in moving musical comedy…
Originally published as a serial in Chums under the pseudonym of Basil Windham, The Luck Stone is thoroughly Wodehouse with his trademark sticky situations, quirky characters, sly humour and wit…
Typical - just when Bertie thinks that God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world, things start to go wrong again… Only one man can save the day…
When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of…
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No writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift the spirits - and he was a master at the high comic effects of having a few too…
Several Sherlock Holmes parodies read as what they are - high-spirited experiments - but the longer stories delve deeper into character: together, they recreate a vanished world of school shops…
In order to save his reputation and the honour of his house at school after he shames himself by running away from a fight between fellow pupils and toughs from…
Delightful in themselves, they are interesting chiefly as windows on a great writer’s early evolution. In The Man of Means, he looks forward to Bertie Wooster and Ukridge, but also…
Deep down in his heart the genuine Englishman has a rugged distaste for seeing his country invaded by a foreign army. But this would be to reckon without patriotic Clarence…
Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success…
First published in 1956, this collection of articles covers Wodehouse’s feelings on United States, his adopted homeland all collected into one edition. Features a collection of articles originally from Punch…
And so it is that, in the process of telling their story, published early in his career, Wodehouse constructs the critique of Europe versus America, privilege versus enterprise, decadence versus…
The incident is claimed to have happened many years ago when Austria ruled Switzerland. Walter Fuerst, Werner Staufacher, and Arnold of Melchthal are three representatives that the Swiss people send…
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P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves was first published in the UK on May 17, 1923. A number of short stories with the same characters were combined to create the book…
The news of his father's financial difficulties dashes a young cricketer's hopes of attending Cambridge University and playing for the team. Feeling lonely, homesick, and sorry for himself, he rents…
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories is an anthology of short stories written by P.G. Wodehouse. Most of the stories deal with the subject of romance and love. Majority of…
The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by British author P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally released in the US on…
Three American sisters leave their chicken farm on Long Island for a holiday in Europe. When they all find themselves together at the exclusive resort of St. Rocque - one…
“Cheaper and more effective than Valium’.*Offers "relief from anxiety, raginess or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour’.*"Read when you’re well and when you’re poorly;
Psmith helps acting editor Billy Windsor change the image of Cosy Moments magazine and they are stalked by gangsters when their expose of slum tenements angers an unscrupulous landlord.
‘Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?’ ‘Certainly one does. this delightful collection from 'the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness’ (Julian Fellowes) brings together a baker’s dozen…
A beautifully produced collection of Wodehouse’s golf, cricket, rugby, baseball and boxing stories- some of the funniest stories from one the the world’s funniest writers, this makes the perfect Christmas…
“Cheaper and more effective than Valium.‘1Offers "relief from anxiety, raginess or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour.'2"Read when you’re well and when you’re poorly;
A Jeeves and Wooster novelGussie Fink-Nottle’s knowledge of the common newt is unparalleled. The happiness of a pal - two pals, in fact - is at stake. Along with The…
LORD BISKERTON, son and heir of the sixth Earl of Hoddesdon, and known to his friends as Biscuit, had red hair, a preliminary scenario for a moustache and a noble…
when you’re feeling clever, and when you’re feeling utterly dim.‘*Whatever your mood, P.
This is a tactful book - there are no shocking revelations - but an extremely amusing one, with vivid portraits of such stars as Gertrude Lawrence and insights into febrile…
A Jeeves and Wooster collectionThese marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie’s raging hangover (‘If you would drink this, sir…
