Folio Archives 276: Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse 1989
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Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse 1989
Clapham Junction in SW London is Britain’s busiest rail junction. Rail lines converge on it from every direction, interact and switch, then emerge to head off in an integrated manner for Victoria and Waterloo.
This gem of English comedy by Wodehouse is rather like Clapham Junction (and train journeys feature in the story) in that characters arrive at fictional Blandings Castle, where the story is mainly set, from very varied walks of life and locations, interact with each other in most unexpected ways, and somehow the tangled plot threads emerge at the far end of the story, in the last half dozen pages, to proceed smoothly to a logical conclusion.
Wodehouse is a master story teller with extraordinarily complex and humorous tales that keep taking unexpected turns, and add characters at the last minute to eventually consolidate the plot and bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. Those who love the English sense of humour and would like some idea of how life was lived amongst the different English classes in the 1920s will love this book.
There are a very generous 87 drawings by Paul Cox integrated into the text of this 270 page book. It is introduced by Benny Green and it is bound in grey cloth blocked with a cover picture in black, red and brown by Cox. The endpapers, page tops and slipcase (23.4x15.4cm.) are all red.
The Folio Society has published numerous other stories by Wodehouse, many involving Blandings Castle and the inimitable butler, Jeeves.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
Clapham Junction in SW London is Britain’s busiest rail junction. Rail lines converge on it from every direction, interact and switch, then emerge to head off in an integrated manner for Victoria and Waterloo.
This gem of English comedy by Wodehouse is rather like Clapham Junction (and train journeys feature in the story) in that characters arrive at fictional Blandings Castle, where the story is mainly set, from very varied walks of life and locations, interact with each other in most unexpected ways, and somehow the tangled plot threads emerge at the far end of the story, in the last half dozen pages, to proceed smoothly to a logical conclusion.
Wodehouse is a master story teller with extraordinarily complex and humorous tales that keep taking unexpected turns, and add characters at the last minute to eventually consolidate the plot and bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. Those who love the English sense of humour and would like some idea of how life was lived amongst the different English classes in the 1920s will love this book.
There are a very generous 87 drawings by Paul Cox integrated into the text of this 270 page book. It is introduced by Benny Green and it is bound in grey cloth blocked with a cover picture in black, red and brown by Cox. The endpapers, page tops and slipcase (23.4x15.4cm.) are all red.
The Folio Society has published numerous other stories by Wodehouse, many involving Blandings Castle and the inimitable butler, Jeeves.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2CarltonC
An excellent article, as usual, thanks.
The member response to this volume must have prompted the FS to illustrate the first five volume Jeeves & Wooster set, although perhaps they were already "in the works" given the total number of Paul Cox illustrations in the set.
Paul Cox illustrations might not be to everyone's taste, but they perfectly conjure up the atmosphere of the books for me.
The member response to this volume must have prompted the FS to illustrate the first five volume Jeeves & Wooster set, although perhaps they were already "in the works" given the total number of Paul Cox illustrations in the set.
Paul Cox illustrations might not be to everyone's taste, but they perfectly conjure up the atmosphere of the books for me.
