P G Wodehouse A Life In Letters

Author : P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393089875

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P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters by P. G. Wodehouse Pdf

The definitive edition of the letters—many previously unpublished—of England’s greatest comic writer. P. G. Wodehouse wrote some of the greatest comic masterpieces of all time. So, naturally, we find the same humor and wit in his letters. He offers hilarious accounts of living in England and France, the effects of prohibition, and how to deal with publishers. He even recounts cricket matches played while in a Nazi internment camp (Wodehouse wanted to show the stiff upper lip of the British in the toughest situations). Over the years, Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe. This is the only book you will need to understand the man behind the characters.

Author : Robert McCrum
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393327519

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Wodehouse by Robert McCrum Pdf

"An invaluable portrait, thanks to a broad, incisive and complex understanding of Wodehouse's psyche." --Janet Maslin, New York Times To Evelyn Waugh he was simply "the Master." He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith, and the Empress of Blandings (who is, of course, a pig). Equally impressive is the range of his devotees: Dorothy Parker, John Updike, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Salman Rushdie, John le Carre, and Seamus Heaney. Wodehouse had an extraordinary Broadway career, working with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and even dared to rewrite Cole Porter's Anything Goes for the London stage. Robert McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life. The ill-judged broadcasts from Berlin, where Wodehouse was interned during World War II, produced a violent backlash in England and tarred him, unfairly, as a Nazi sympathizer. His long love affair with America was compromised by endless acrimony with the IRS. This is the book all Wodehouse fans have been waiting for; it eclipses all previous accounts of his life. An Economist Best Book of 2004.

Author : Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003781957

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Yours, Plum by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Pdf

Author : Barry Day,Tony Ring
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781468305753

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P.G. Wodehouse in His Own Words by Barry Day,Tony Ring Pdf

This unorthodox biography of “the greatest comic writer ever” collects Wodehouse’s witty and revealing commentary on his own life story (Douglas Adams) As creator of memorable comic characters, including the immortal Jeeves and Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse was one of the most beloved and influential authors of the 20th century. This sparkling volume draws on Wodehouse’s autobiographical writings, as well as personal letters and interview transcripts to present the author’s life story as only he could tell it. Quotations from a literary career spanning more than seventy years are arranged in chapters that move from childhood to school years and on to various preoccupations of the grown man. A linking narrative—skillfully supplied by Wodehouse aficionado Barry Day and former President of the International Wodehouse society Tony Ring—ties all the material together. Full of Wodehouse’s scintillating wordplay and comedy, P.G. Wodehouse in His Own Words is essential reading for any Wodehouse fan.

Author : Frances Donaldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Novelists, English
ISBN : 1853754242

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P.G. Wodehouse by Frances Donaldson Pdf

There are not many characters in literature more famous or cherished than Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. They feature in nearly 100 tomes, which taken together, make their creator, Sir Pelham Greville Wodehouse, among the most eminent and best-loved writers of comedy in the English language. But what of the man himself? Frances Donaldson, who first met Wodehouse in 1921, was given unique access to his most important private papers. From his blissful school days and his love affair with Hollywood to his time as a prisoner of war and his final years in America, Donaldson's definitive biography paints a luminous and affectionate portrait of the man known to his friends as "Plum."

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Random House
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448164790

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What Ho! by P.G. Wodehouse Pdf

We all know Jeeves and Wooster, but which is the best Jeeves story? We all know Blandings, but which is the funniest tale about Lord Emsworth and his adored prize-winning pig? And would the best of Ukridge, or the yarns of the Oldest Member, or Wodehouse's Hollywood stories outdo them? This bumper anthology allows you to choose, bringing you the cream of the crop of stories by the twentieth century's greatest humorous writer. There are favourites aplenty in this selection, which has been compiled with enthusiastic support from P.G. Wodehouse societies around the world. With additional material including novel extracts, working drafts, articles, letters and poems, this anthology provides the best overall celebration of side-splitting humour and sheer good nature available in the pages of any book.

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409064145

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The Girl in Blue by P.G. Wodehouse Pdf

A P.G. Wodehouse novel Young Jerry West has a few problems. His uncle Crispin is broke and employs a butler who isn't all he seems. His other uncle Willoughby is rich but won't hand over any of his inheritance. And to cap it all, although already engaged, Jerry has just fallen in love with the wonderful Jane Hunnicutt, whom he's just met on jury service. But she's an heiress, and that's a problem too - because even if he can extricate himself from his grasping fiancée Jerry can't be a gold-digger. Enter The Girl in Blue - a Gainsborough miniature which someone has stolen from Uncle Willoughby. Jerry sets out on a mission to find her - and somehow hilariously in the process everything comes right.

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Random House
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409064015

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Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Pdf

'My only problem with Wodehouse is deciding which of his enchanting books to take to my desert island' Ruth Dudley Edwards 'The most industrious, prolific and beneficent author ever to have sat down, scratched his head and banged out a sentence' Stephen Fry -- 'Your tea will be here in a moment, sir.' 'No, Jeeves. This is no time for tea. I must concentrate." When his incomparable valet Jeeves suddenly resigns, how will the hapless Bertie Wooster get by? Bertie's dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo has driven Jeeves, his otherwise steadfast gentleman's gentleman, to give notice. Looking for respite, Bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum Chuffy, only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancée Pauline Stoker, her formidable father and the eminent loony-doctor Sir Roderick Glossop. It seems Bertie cannot survive for long without Jeeves - and soon a situation arises which only Jeeves can solve.

Author : Sebastian Faulks
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448184972

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Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks Pdf

'Brings the peerless Jeeves and Wooster barrelling back to life' Daily Mail A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse’s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman’s personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs – which he doesn’t care for at all. His predicament is, of course, all in the name of love ... ‘A masterpiece ... a pitch-perfect undertaking’ Spectator ‘Entirely delightful’ Financial Times ‘Delightfully witty, packed with puns’ Sunday Mirror ‘A polished sparkling genuine fake’ Herald

Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143182917

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The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré Pdf

George Smiley’s revenge George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, “The Honourable Schoolboy,” a passionate lover and a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. So begins the terrifying game...

Author : P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1483989690

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Helping Freddie by P. G. Wodehouse Pdf

Dear old Freddie, don't you know, has been a dear old pal of mine for years and years; so when I went into the club one morning and found him sitting alone in a dark corner, staring glassily at nothing, and generally looking like the last rose of summer, you can understand I was quite disturbed about it. As a rule, the old rotter is the life and soul of our set. Quite the little lump of fun, and all that sort of thing.

Author : Pelham G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858006987279

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Sam the Sudden by Pelham G. Wodehouse Pdf

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Random House
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409063681

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Laughing Gas by P.G. Wodehouse Pdf

'A lifelong treat' Simon Garfield, Esquire A P.G. Wodehouse novel Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped in the ether. Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap. Laughing Gas is Wodehouse's brilliantly funny take on the 'If I were you' theme - a wry look at the dangers of getting what you wish for in the movie business and beyond.

Author : David Herbert Lawrence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015000632003

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Letters to Bertrand Russell by David Herbert Lawrence Pdf

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1468310534

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Over Seventy by P.G. Wodehouse Pdf

The Wodehouse phenomenon continues with more sparkling classics from the master of hijinks and social comedy.