Plum Pie
by P.G. Wodehouse
Sign in to Goodreads to see your friends' reviews of this book.
discuss this book
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »
friend reviews (0)
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
lists with this book
Where's the love? Add this book to your favorite list.
other reviews (showing 1-20 of 37)
Read in October, 1983
I will use this "review" for all the P. G. Wodehouse I have read. I read them all so long ago and enjoyed them so much that I have given them all 5 stars. As I re-read them I will adjust the stars accordingly, if necessary, and add a proper review.
When I first discovered P. G. Wodehouse I devoured every book I could find in the local library, throughout the eighties and early nineties. Alas, this means that I have read most of them and stumbling across one I have not read is a rare t...more
When I first discovered P. G. Wodehouse I devoured every book I could find in the local library, throughout the eighties and early nineties. Alas, this means that I have read most of them and stumbling across one I have not read is a rare t...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in June, 2008
P G Wodehouse managed to gain the nickname ‘Plum’ at some point in his career and so this collection of short stories, sequenced with what would have been topical asides in 1966, was christened ‘Plum Pie’ and a more tart collection we couldn’t hope for.
The pedigree of the collection is stated on page one with a rare anthology outing for Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Jeeves and the Greasy Bird’, a Yuletide tale of cheer in which Bertie tries to help along Roderick Glossop’s love life...more
The pedigree of the collection is stated on page one with a rare anthology outing for Jeeves and Wooster in ‘Jeeves and the Greasy Bird’, a Yuletide tale of cheer in which Bertie tries to help along Roderick Glossop’s love life...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in July, 2008
Plum Pie is a particularly good Wodehouse collection. There's a Jeeves and Wooster story, a couple of Blandings stories, two about Bertie's friend Bingo Little, and other assorted tales. The standout is probably "Life with Freddie", a long story about Freddie Threepwood (son of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle) and zany goings-on aboard a ship from England to New York. Interspersed with the stories are selections from Wodehouse's column (for Punch, I think) "Our Man...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
Wodehouse fans
With Bingo Little getting a couple stories, the Drones Club receiving a visit, and aunts popping up here and there, "Plum Pie" is a good Wodehouse story collection. The long short story (or short novella) "Life with Freddie" would have made a great '30s screwball comedy had it not been written a few decades too late. "Plum Pie"'s rating would have been four stars, but loses a star only because the book has just one Jeeves and Wooster story -- and not one of the bett
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
My birthday present to myself. Savoring it, one story at a time.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in July, 2007
This is a collection of short stories, only one in which Jeeves and Bertie appear. Fun story. I havne't looked at the others yet.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
