A classic collection of Jeeves and Wooster stories from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as 'Plum') wrote about
seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over
seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest
20th-century writer of humour in the English language.
Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves,
Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord
Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His
stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable
Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the
ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known
as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming
raconteur of The Angler's Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf
Club.
In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'having made an
outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the
world'. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in
1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine's Day.
Pure pleasure
*The Times*
The ultimate in comfort reading
*Marian Keyes*
A grown-up book - but not that grown-up
*Katy Guest*
I am a huge fan
*Jennifer Saunders*
If we're talking about culture that makes people happy, we have to
start with the works of P.G. Wodehouse
*BBC Culture*
To have one of his books in your hand is to possess by way of a
pill that can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long
tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use
than printing Wodehouse.
Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of
our finest stylists. His world is perfect, his writing is perfect.
What more is there to be said?
P. G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit.
An incomparable and timeless genius.
P. G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper,
more effective than valium and far, far more addictive.
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of
Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply or
with quite so much wit and affection.
Wodehouse is a comic master.
For as long as I'm immersed in a P. G. Wodehouse book, it's
possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far
nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the
day.
I'm a huge fan. Wodehouse writes proper jokes.
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most
elegantly turned phrases in the English language.
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