P.G. Wodehouse

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born

in Guildford, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom

October 15, 1881

died

February 14, 1975

gender

male

website

http://www.wodehouse.co.uk/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor

influences

J.B. Morton

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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read over 30 years after his death. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of prewar English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career.

An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by modern writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature'...more

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P.G. Wodehouse's Books

Average rating: 4.20 · 121,941 ratings · 8,837 reviews · 382 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7) 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 8,437 ratings — published 1938 — 47 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 8,327 ratings — published 1922 — 118 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 7,680 ratings — published 1919 — 127 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carry on, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 7,585 ratings — published 1925 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2) 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 6,968 ratings — published 1923 — 46 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 5,110 ratings — published 1934 — 47 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves, #4) 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 3,612 ratings — published 1930 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (Jeeves, #13) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 3,517 ratings — published 1963 — 33 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leave It to Psmith (Psmith, #4 ; Blandings Castle, #2) 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 3,028 ratings — published 1923 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life With Jeeves 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published 1983	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves (15 books)
by P.G. Wodehouse
4.272959011639669 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 74,143 ratings

Blandings Castle (12 books)
by P.G. Wodehouse
4.220464076041376 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 17,885 ratings

Psmith (4 books)
by P.G. Wodehouse
4.139127505474145 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 5,937 ratings

Uncle Fred (4 books)
by P.G. Wodehouse
4.216715976331361 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 4,056 ratings

Mr. Mulliner (3 books)
by P.G. Wodehouse
4.100911854103344 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,645 ratings

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Quotes by P.G. Wodehouse

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

tags: brains, marriage

1,590 people liked it

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

tags: friendship, literature

927 people liked it

“The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves!

tags: humor, love

723 people liked it

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

3 votes, 15.8%

The Green Hat by Michael Arlen

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Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. Wodehouse

2 votes, 10.5%

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