The Most of P.G. Wodehouse
by P. G. Wodehouse
Mr. Mulliner (Collections and Selections — Eight short stories), Jeeves (Short stories — ), Blandings Castle (Short Stories — One short story)
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Presents a collection of humorous stories, including "The Truth about George," "Ukridge's Dog College," "The Coming of Gowf," "The Purity of the Turf," and "A Slice of Life."Tags
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Highly enjoyable bits of fluff from P. G. Wodehouse. The golf stories lost me for bits and some were less funny than others but overall highly enjoyable. I decieded to cross it since it is in rough shape and I mostly prefer the Jeeves stories and I own all the ones in this collection.
Good large varied dose of Wodehouse. Mr. Mulliner, Jeeves/Wooster and the complete novel "Quick Service" are the best bits. Even Quick Service becomes weary in the last 30 pages or so. Ukridge is almost unbearable and the golf selection only provokes an occasional smile, if that. But the mind boggles with convulsive laughter at Mr. Mulliner and Jeeves/Wooster.
A delightful collection of Wodehouse short stories but hardly 'most' of them. And editing is not perfect by far. A couple of the stories were not in chronological order which is somewhat jarring especially as one was the sequel of the other.
I've been mostly hitting the Jeeves stories here, and where ever. This is a nice edition. Fun stuff!
Massive collection of Wodehouse works but rather uneven as the editing is rather indiscriminate.
The best introduction to Wodehouse I've found. Look at the other reviews--what else can I say?
A splendid compendium of the stories.
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P. G. Wodehouse was born in Guildford, United Kingdom on October 15, 1881. After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London and then took a job as a sports reporter and columnist for the Globe newspaper. His first novel, The Pothunters, was published in 1902. He wrote over 100 novels and short show more story collections during his lifetime including A Perfect Uncle, Love Among the Chickens, The Swoop, P. Smith in the City, Meet Mr. Milliner, Doctor Sally, Quick Service, The Old Reliable, Uneasy Money, A Damsel in Distress, Jill the Reckless, The Adventures of Sally, A Pelican at Blandings, The Girl in Blue, and Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. His most famous characters, Bertie Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves, appeared in books such as Much Obliged, Jeeves. He also wrote lyrics for musical comedies and worked as screenwriter in Hollywood in the 1930s. In 1939, he bought a villa in Le Touquet on the coast of France. He remained there when World War II started in 1939. The following year, the Germans appropriated the villa, confiscated property, and arrested him. He was detained in various German camps for almost one year before being released in 1941. He went to Berlin and spoke of his experience in five radio talks to be broadcast to America and England. The talks themselves were completely innocuous, but he was charged with treason in England. He was cleared, but settled permanently in the United States. He became a citizen in 1955. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975. He died from a heart attack after a long illness on February 14, 1975 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Most of P.G. Wodehouse
- Original publication date
- 1921-1940
- People/Characters
- Sebastian Beach (butler); Empress of Blandings (pig); Reginald Jeeves; Lady Constance Keeble; Bingo Little; Clarence Threepwood (Lord Emsworth, Earl of Emsworth) (show all 7); Bertram Wilberforce Wooster (Bertie)
- Important places
- the Drones Club, London, England, UK; Shropshire, England, UK (Blandings Castle)
- Quotations
- "What's this?" demanded Augustine, eying it dangerously.
"A nice fried egg, sir."
"And what, pray, do you mean by nice? It may be an amiable egg. It may be a civil, well-meaning egg. But if you think it is fit for human... (show all) consumption, adjust that impression." ("Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo")
This was the fourth time we had met, and on each of the previous occasions I had felt the same curious illusion of having just committed some particularly unsavoury crime and - what is more - of having done it with swollen ha... (show all)nds, enlarged feet, and trousers bagging at the knee on a morning when I had omitted to shave. ("Buttercup Day")
There came into her eyes, softening their steely glitter for a moment, that strange light which is seen only in the eyes of confirmed public speakers who are asked to say a few words. ("Buttercup Day")
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