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A Wodehouse Miscellany
A collection of wonderful articles, poems, and stories by that master of comedy and complications, P. G. Wodehouse, the author of My Man Jeeves. Includes "Some Aspects of Game-Captaincy," "An Unfinished Collection," "The New Advertising," "The Secret Pleasures of Reginald," "My Battle with Drink," "In Defense of Astigmatism," "Jeeves Takes Charge," and much more! Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
142 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1916
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P.G. Wodehouse
1,680 books6,935 followersSir 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 40 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 more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
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March 6, 2021
A collection of bits and pieces, some more amusing than others. I did enjoy his essay on the game of indoor golf, and the story of how Jeeves and Wooster started their collaboration.
Mildly amusing.
Mildly amusing.
March 16, 2011
This collection I found to be hit and miss. However, Wodehouse is hard for me to judge, rather the same way that I would have difficulty distinguishing between Zoltan Kocsis and Lang Lang (may God and Mr. Appel forgive me for mentioning them in the same breath): I haven't yet fully developed the taste for Rachmaninov that I shall one day have, and therefore I don't have sufficient authority, either as a professional or as a lover, to intelligently discern betwixt the magnificent and the technically correct.
All this aside, Wodehouse is hilarious. He can't help but be hilarious. When he describes his ears as being large and "attached at right angles" and his overall appearance as tending toward the ailing piscine, I have a very justifiable reason to giggle at the image. When he describes the seventh of his nine holes of indoor golf, I lose a solid half-pound in burned calories and discover exactly what new colours appear after abstaining from air for forty seconds. (Leave it to Psmith is still my all time favorite comic work, particularly the application of socialist principles to a particularly fine umbrella.) So, perhaps my taste is still developing and I shall look back on this as one of his greater works. Also, the application of wax to a floor is not particularly conducive to the appreciation of nuanced dry humour, but I still fear that this collection was not exactly his greatest.
Still, even with my lack of palate, I cannot overemphasize the playful joy of his prose: "Moths had nested in his wallet and raised large families," or, "he was a tubby chap, who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say when," or, "he looked ever more like a pterodactyl with a secret sorrow." Wodehouse is a necessary ingredient for a happy life. Just take care if you are reading him at the breakfast table that you take bites between sentences, and not in the midst of them, for his jokes be not of ruth and they enter the scenes as silently as Jeeves.
All this aside, Wodehouse is hilarious. He can't help but be hilarious. When he describes his ears as being large and "attached at right angles" and his overall appearance as tending toward the ailing piscine, I have a very justifiable reason to giggle at the image. When he describes the seventh of his nine holes of indoor golf, I lose a solid half-pound in burned calories and discover exactly what new colours appear after abstaining from air for forty seconds. (Leave it to Psmith is still my all time favorite comic work, particularly the application of socialist principles to a particularly fine umbrella.) So, perhaps my taste is still developing and I shall look back on this as one of his greater works. Also, the application of wax to a floor is not particularly conducive to the appreciation of nuanced dry humour, but I still fear that this collection was not exactly his greatest.
Still, even with my lack of palate, I cannot overemphasize the playful joy of his prose: "Moths had nested in his wallet and raised large families," or, "he was a tubby chap, who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say when," or, "he looked ever more like a pterodactyl with a secret sorrow." Wodehouse is a necessary ingredient for a happy life. Just take care if you are reading him at the breakfast table that you take bites between sentences, and not in the midst of them, for his jokes be not of ruth and they enter the scenes as silently as Jeeves.
March 4, 2021
Plum’s early satirical poems, articles, and stories.
July 5, 2014
I downloaded this collection for free from Project Gutenberg for the short stories only, thus my rating does not include the poetry and articles.
“When Papa Swore in Hindustani” was my favourite of the four stories. The “Papa” in question gets worked up easily by his daughter’s pet dog, which tends to cause havoc in the garden.
“Tom, Dick, and Harry” features two young friends in love with the same lady. They decide to compete in a cricket match in a field full of cows to determine who should step back to let the other propose to the lady.
“Jeeves Takes Charge” features Bertie vying for the affections of Florence Creye, who has “a fine profile”, while certain aspects of her personality are not so appealing.
The intimidating Florence Creye appears again in “Disentangling Old Duggie”. Here she interferes with her brothers’ love lives, not approving of their choice of mate, and she hassles their friend – Reggie – to do her dirty work for her.
Quite a number of entertaining and funny moments occur in all of these tales.
“When Papa Swore in Hindustani” was my favourite of the four stories. The “Papa” in question gets worked up easily by his daughter’s pet dog, which tends to cause havoc in the garden.
“Tom, Dick, and Harry” features two young friends in love with the same lady. They decide to compete in a cricket match in a field full of cows to determine who should step back to let the other propose to the lady.
“Jeeves Takes Charge” features Bertie vying for the affections of Florence Creye, who has “a fine profile”, while certain aspects of her personality are not so appealing.
The intimidating Florence Creye appears again in “Disentangling Old Duggie”. Here she interferes with her brothers’ love lives, not approving of their choice of mate, and she hassles their friend – Reggie – to do her dirty work for her.
Quite a number of entertaining and funny moments occur in all of these tales.
August 24, 2016
A good introduction to the humor of P.G. Wodehouse.
February 20, 2025
A mixture of some articles that Wodehouse has written - seriously underneath the surface but very funny to read.
A few poems and 4 great stories.
My favourite will always be "Jeeves takes charge" dating back to 1916 where Jeeves and Bertram Wooster meet for the first time. Of course Bertie has gotten himself in trouble and it will be flegmatic Jeeves that has to get him our. He will of course but not entirely as intended by poor Bertie.
The articles are on football, cricket, drinking, handling paparazzi, golf, poetry, critics... varied but mostly related to sports and (writing) art - but most and for all: very funny.
The sports will quite often form a background for P.G. Wodehouses later novel which will include references to football, cricket and golf. Plummie knows what he writes about, so things may turn up very humourous, he will always have his facts correct. The short stories have appeared elsewhere, so if you are not interested in the articles or poems, you may consider buying another book from this hilarious author, who more than a 100 years later, still has not found his match.
A few poems and 4 great stories.
My favourite will always be "Jeeves takes charge" dating back to 1916 where Jeeves and Bertram Wooster meet for the first time. Of course Bertie has gotten himself in trouble and it will be flegmatic Jeeves that has to get him our. He will of course but not entirely as intended by poor Bertie.
The articles are on football, cricket, drinking, handling paparazzi, golf, poetry, critics... varied but mostly related to sports and (writing) art - but most and for all: very funny.
The sports will quite often form a background for P.G. Wodehouses later novel which will include references to football, cricket and golf. Plummie knows what he writes about, so things may turn up very humourous, he will always have his facts correct. The short stories have appeared elsewhere, so if you are not interested in the articles or poems, you may consider buying another book from this hilarious author, who more than a 100 years later, still has not found his match.
October 30, 2019
Yet another Wodehouse collection that I found adorable and fun and just a pure romp. I especially loved the short story "My Battle with Drink," which had me thoroughly amused.
June 25, 2013
Poetry, like wine, cheese and architecture, improves with age…… Like most novelists in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, moat of their works first appeared either in newspapers or magazines as serials before they were ever published in book form. Wodehouse Miscellany is a collection of 19 articles, poems and short stories. In my quest to read all of Wodehouse, it wouldn’t be complete without both the short and the long. His wit, talent and humor shone whenever his pen met paper. He had the knack to create memorable tales with a minimum of words and space, making his short stories, novellas and articles every much as praiseworthy as his novels. These works take the reader from bespectacled heroes to indoor golf and make the absurd seem almost normal. A preamble to his Jeeves series is sure to interest and please many readers. It is a collection that is sure to delight and satisfy the masses.
April 3, 2022
P.G. Wodehouse was an English writer of short stories, a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in 1881 and died 1975. He experienced the Great War from afar in New York City, but experienced World War II much closer as a prisoner of war. He was widely read and contributed many of his short stories to magazines on both sides of the Atlantic.
He had a magnificent sense of humor and it manifest itself in his stories, novels and plays. Among the best examples of his approach to humor were his novels about Wooster and Jeeves. Wooster was the clueless aristocrat always creating mayhem and Jeeves was his man servant who inevitably had to extract him from trouble.
Wodehouse died on Long Island, New York in 1975 and this short snippet of his work was published the same year. It was apparent to me that a publisher wanted to make a quick buck while his death was fresh in the public mind, because this extract of his work is not definitive nor well presented.
Wodehouse was a prolific writer over his 93 years of life. He usually had multi works in process at a time, yet this small excerpt does not do his oeuvre justice.
It appears to have been rushed, my personal grievance is that there is little explanation for why a particular story was included. This reader would have liked to know when the included story was written and in what venue the work was published. The book would have benefitted from a proper introduction as well as explanation, context and background.
Despite these short comings, what we get is Wodehouse using wit and sarcasm to get a laugh. His short story, “When Papa Swore in Hindustani” was a delight for me. I am not animal hater, while I don’t enjoy the mess and responsibility of a pet, nor do I wish them harm.
This story has Colonel Reynolds swearing at his daughter’s pet dog because the dog is constantly in the flower garden uprooting his prized flowers. After an afternoon of hunting, The Colonel was walking home with shot gun in hand and see’s the dog destroying another flower bed. He raises the gun in anger and frustration and kills the dog. When word gets out about the beautiful daughter loosing of her pet, many of the young men of the village, in the hopes of ingratiating themselves send her replacement dogs. The Colonel ends up with a barn full of replacement dogs……just a great laugh! Of course, I realize that the times have changed, and the Colonel’s act would be considered apprehensible by today’s standards and would probably not be publishable because it would generate legal action and condemnation for whatever periodical published the story. But in the context of the Colonel’s frustration, it is funny.
The next story,” Tom, Dick and Harry” was a tale about Cricket, a very English game. Wodehouse used cockney slang and references to the intricacies of Cricket to tell his humorous story. This story illustrates my previous comments. By itself it is a somewhat strange tale, yet given context, time and place, it would have made more sense. I think the story was directed at a sophisticated English sports audience, but who is to know? I was totally lost at times but still entertained by two men using a Cricket match to decide who gets the girl!
In another essay, Wodehouse writes of his frustrations in working with actors, editors and publishers, all these protagonists are challenging him and seeking to interfere in his creative work. These many annoyances, while infuriating are described with his special brand of humor.
Surprisingly included in this Miscellany is a version of the first Wooster/Jeeves story, how they got together and how Jeeves came to dominate the relationship. I have read other versions of this story and I have watched a PBS telecast of the first meeting and adventure, and all are different forms of the same story. It makes one wonder what was the story Wodehouse wrote? And who and why were different versions created? All the portrayal’s exhibit the wit and humor of Wodehouse so they are all a joy to read.
This little book is just a quick swim in lake Wodehouse, he is always a hoot to read, full of fun and mayhem.
He had a magnificent sense of humor and it manifest itself in his stories, novels and plays. Among the best examples of his approach to humor were his novels about Wooster and Jeeves. Wooster was the clueless aristocrat always creating mayhem and Jeeves was his man servant who inevitably had to extract him from trouble.
Wodehouse died on Long Island, New York in 1975 and this short snippet of his work was published the same year. It was apparent to me that a publisher wanted to make a quick buck while his death was fresh in the public mind, because this extract of his work is not definitive nor well presented.
Wodehouse was a prolific writer over his 93 years of life. He usually had multi works in process at a time, yet this small excerpt does not do his oeuvre justice.
It appears to have been rushed, my personal grievance is that there is little explanation for why a particular story was included. This reader would have liked to know when the included story was written and in what venue the work was published. The book would have benefitted from a proper introduction as well as explanation, context and background.
Despite these short comings, what we get is Wodehouse using wit and sarcasm to get a laugh. His short story, “When Papa Swore in Hindustani” was a delight for me. I am not animal hater, while I don’t enjoy the mess and responsibility of a pet, nor do I wish them harm.
This story has Colonel Reynolds swearing at his daughter’s pet dog because the dog is constantly in the flower garden uprooting his prized flowers. After an afternoon of hunting, The Colonel was walking home with shot gun in hand and see’s the dog destroying another flower bed. He raises the gun in anger and frustration and kills the dog. When word gets out about the beautiful daughter loosing of her pet, many of the young men of the village, in the hopes of ingratiating themselves send her replacement dogs. The Colonel ends up with a barn full of replacement dogs……just a great laugh! Of course, I realize that the times have changed, and the Colonel’s act would be considered apprehensible by today’s standards and would probably not be publishable because it would generate legal action and condemnation for whatever periodical published the story. But in the context of the Colonel’s frustration, it is funny.
The next story,” Tom, Dick and Harry” was a tale about Cricket, a very English game. Wodehouse used cockney slang and references to the intricacies of Cricket to tell his humorous story. This story illustrates my previous comments. By itself it is a somewhat strange tale, yet given context, time and place, it would have made more sense. I think the story was directed at a sophisticated English sports audience, but who is to know? I was totally lost at times but still entertained by two men using a Cricket match to decide who gets the girl!
In another essay, Wodehouse writes of his frustrations in working with actors, editors and publishers, all these protagonists are challenging him and seeking to interfere in his creative work. These many annoyances, while infuriating are described with his special brand of humor.
Surprisingly included in this Miscellany is a version of the first Wooster/Jeeves story, how they got together and how Jeeves came to dominate the relationship. I have read other versions of this story and I have watched a PBS telecast of the first meeting and adventure, and all are different forms of the same story. It makes one wonder what was the story Wodehouse wrote? And who and why were different versions created? All the portrayal’s exhibit the wit and humor of Wodehouse so they are all a joy to read.
This little book is just a quick swim in lake Wodehouse, he is always a hoot to read, full of fun and mayhem.
July 2, 2022
A brief collection of Wodehouse's early essays; although "essays" might give you the wrong idea, they're very brief, basically pointless, but mildly comic pieces where he complains about how hard it is to rhyme words with "love," and that sort of thing. It also includes two brief poems (which are amusing) and a few short stories:
"When Papa Swore in Hindustani" is a bit of a rarity, although its been collected in The Uncollected Wodehouse (ed. David Jasen). It's extremely brief, and not very funny. Sometimes, reading an author's uncollected works can reveal treasures. Other times, it just reveals why nobody's bothered to collect them.
"Jeeves Takes Charge" is an utterly pointless inclusion; who are the people who want to read Wodehouse's minor sketches, but don't have access to a copy of Carry on, Jeeves?
"Disentangling Old Duggie" is a Reggie Pepper story, starring a sort of proto-Bertie Wooster (some Reggie Pepper stories would be rewritten as Jeeves and Wooster stories, although not this one); it was originally published as "Disentangling Old Percy," but Wodehouse did this thing where he edited his stories for an American audience, so the "Duggie" version of this story is set in America, vs. the "Percy" version that was set in England. This sort of thing always seems terribly ill-advised; isn't part of the charm of reading foreign authors to see them depict foreign climes? Anyway, this is the most worthwhile story in the collection: obscure enough that even Wodehouse fans probably won't have already read it, but much better than the other two non-Bertie stories.
"Tom, Dick, and Harry" is also a bit of a rarity (although it too has since been collected in The Uncollected Wodehouse). Not withstanding my lofty remarks about reading foreign authors depicting foreign climes, nothing will ever be less interesting to me than an English author writing about cricket. Wodehouse himself seems to have fallen out with the sport; at least, he'd go on to write heavily about golf, while I think he left cricket mostly alone after his school stories. In fact, "The Long Hole" (collected in The Clicking of Cuthbert) has a very similar plot to this one, reframed as a golf story, and much funnier.
Being free on Project Gutenberg makes this easier to recommend than it otherwise would be, but it's very slight. If you are a Wodehouse fanatic, and want to read all he had to offer (which is a heck of a tall order) you'll probably find this amusing, but clearly lesser than his more mature writing. If you're new to Wodehouse, this is not a great place to start.
"When Papa Swore in Hindustani" is a bit of a rarity, although its been collected in The Uncollected Wodehouse (ed. David Jasen). It's extremely brief, and not very funny. Sometimes, reading an author's uncollected works can reveal treasures. Other times, it just reveals why nobody's bothered to collect them.
"Jeeves Takes Charge" is an utterly pointless inclusion; who are the people who want to read Wodehouse's minor sketches, but don't have access to a copy of Carry on, Jeeves?
"Disentangling Old Duggie" is a Reggie Pepper story, starring a sort of proto-Bertie Wooster (some Reggie Pepper stories would be rewritten as Jeeves and Wooster stories, although not this one); it was originally published as "Disentangling Old Percy," but Wodehouse did this thing where he edited his stories for an American audience, so the "Duggie" version of this story is set in America, vs. the "Percy" version that was set in England. This sort of thing always seems terribly ill-advised; isn't part of the charm of reading foreign authors to see them depict foreign climes? Anyway, this is the most worthwhile story in the collection: obscure enough that even Wodehouse fans probably won't have already read it, but much better than the other two non-Bertie stories.
"Tom, Dick, and Harry" is also a bit of a rarity (although it too has since been collected in The Uncollected Wodehouse). Not withstanding my lofty remarks about reading foreign authors depicting foreign climes, nothing will ever be less interesting to me than an English author writing about cricket. Wodehouse himself seems to have fallen out with the sport; at least, he'd go on to write heavily about golf, while I think he left cricket mostly alone after his school stories. In fact, "The Long Hole" (collected in The Clicking of Cuthbert) has a very similar plot to this one, reframed as a golf story, and much funnier.
Being free on Project Gutenberg makes this easier to recommend than it otherwise would be, but it's very slight. If you are a Wodehouse fanatic, and want to read all he had to offer (which is a heck of a tall order) you'll probably find this amusing, but clearly lesser than his more mature writing. If you're new to Wodehouse, this is not a great place to start.
September 5, 2018
I have begun the great journey of reading all the Wodehouse books in publication order and thought that this was a nice way to start. It is a sort of introduction to his early works now in the Public Domain. The little articles range from mildly interesting to fairly funny and the short stories are enjoyable. It doesn't rank with his best, but is vastly better than most of the schoolboy works that made up the first decade of the Wodehouse career.
February 1, 2022
As ever, an excellent distraction
Wodehouse can always be counted on for satisfactory silliness and masterful surprises.
I love the short stories I can pick up and put down without having to work at them. Like any number of his characters, I can be a flibbertigibbet of a reader and still enjoy the jokes, turns of phrase, and twists of fate.
Wodehouse can always be counted on for satisfactory silliness and masterful surprises.
I love the short stories I can pick up and put down without having to work at them. Like any number of his characters, I can be a flibbertigibbet of a reader and still enjoy the jokes, turns of phrase, and twists of fate.
November 24, 2021
Entertaining listening 🔰😀
Another will written novella of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse with lots of interesting will developed characters having fun. I would recommend this novella to anyone looking for a quick read. Enjoy 2021 🏰
Another will written novella of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse with lots of interesting will developed characters having fun. I would recommend this novella to anyone looking for a quick read. Enjoy 2021 🏰
February 9, 2023
This was definitely not my favorite from P.G. Wodehouse. There were some humorous pieces in here, but most didn't seem to be the Wodehouse humour that I've been used to thus far. I'll likely reread in the future anyway.
September 11, 2019
This book is classic Wodehouse, with lashings of wit and clever wordplay.
March 9, 2020
Great collection. Very short though.
October 8, 2020
As funny as ever 😄
December 3, 2023
Great book, I listened to the audiobook version on YouTube. I will leave the link below so that everyone can enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97aTw...
May 20, 2024
Not all but some of the pieces were hilarious, even though I've read them before.
3.5 stars 😊
3.5 stars 😊
July 1, 2025
Found myself reading these aloud to my family. Good short stories, but not much meat. Enjoyed.
July 7, 2024
So wonderful to experience Mr. Wodehouse’s hilarious takes on life… and at times educational too, as these were written a century ago. In one entry, we revisit Bertie and Jeeves… and thank goodness. I miss that zippy, vibrant joviality only Bertie seemed to offer, so utterly absent in other Wodehouse characters… and perhaps our own lives. (Anyone out there know if there’s someone else in Wodehouse country exuberantly funny ?)
I’m actually thinking my new mantra should be WWJD (What Would Jeeves Do) and HWBF (How Would Bertie Feel). Ha ! That would make for both a smart and peppy life…
I’m actually thinking my new mantra should be WWJD (What Would Jeeves Do) and HWBF (How Would Bertie Feel). Ha ! That would make for both a smart and peppy life…
December 18, 2022
Some minor nonfiction squibs, a couple of not-awful poems, and two short stories, one an early Jeeves and Wooster, the other a Reggie Pepper (a similar character to Bertie Wooster, but without Jeeves). The stories have a couple of characters in common, Edwin and his redoubtable elder sister Florence, and since Edwin is an early teenager in one and an adult in the other, seemingly they're set roughly 10 years apart; but time is flexible in Wodehouse's world. Also, in one they appear to be English, and in the other American, though their family backstory of a vanishing father is the same. Florence is one of those strong-minded, managing Wodehouse women who the vague, idle, and ineffectual men live in fear of, who are always trying to make something of them, and the Wooster story involves Jeeves extracting Bertie from being engaged to her.
It's amusing in parts, but really for completists only. The Jeeves and Wooster story is, I'm sure, collected elsewhere (maybe also the Pepper), and the rest can be easily dispensed with, though it is interesting to see Wodehouse writing nonfiction in his own persona rather than being the omniscient narrator or first-person fictional character.
It's amusing in parts, but really for completists only. The Jeeves and Wooster story is, I'm sure, collected elsewhere (maybe also the Pepper), and the rest can be easily dispensed with, though it is interesting to see Wodehouse writing nonfiction in his own persona rather than being the omniscient narrator or first-person fictional character.
April 7, 2017
P. G. Wodehouse is always fun, what more can be said? A few of his articles here are beyond pointless, but the whole flavor of the mix is effervescent--just like the gilded era he covered in his lifetime.
This was a Project Gutenberg goody, and reading this on my iPad made a mind-boggling 2nd-hand bookshop meets google experience. What an astonishing way to enrich my understanding of the era by highlighting such as "suggestion of a Mocha Malted and an Eva Tanguay." We even have access to images for yet more context--that was unheard of not 10 years ago. Mind blown. Need more light entertainment to overcome my swoon...
This was a Project Gutenberg goody, and reading this on my iPad made a mind-boggling 2nd-hand bookshop meets google experience. What an astonishing way to enrich my understanding of the era by highlighting such as "suggestion of a Mocha Malted and an Eva Tanguay." We even have access to images for yet more context--that was unheard of not 10 years ago. Mind blown. Need more light entertainment to overcome my swoon...
July 3, 2016
Perhaps I'm biased, but I find anything written by P.G. Wodehouse to be absolutely delightful. You'll be tottering along through a paragraph and suddenly a phrase or a sentence just glistens like a shiny pebble on a sandy beach. You smile, and read on, waiting for the next surprise.
November 2, 2011
Selection of early writings by the acclaimed humourist. Now in the public domain with a free electronic copy available here.
June 25, 2009
I skipped most of the articles and poems and went straight for the short stories. Fun and good light reading...
October 15, 2009
Very good. It ends with an actual Jeeves & Wooster, and a Reggie Pepper, who appears to be an earlier version of Wooster (same relatives).
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January 13, 2012
A must read for all Wodehouse fans. "In defence of Astigmatism", "The alarming spread of poetry" and "My battle with drink" is Wodehouse at his best!
April 26, 2012
Funny in parts, this Wodehouse book gave me company in the 2nd month of my bicycle rides to office
August 18, 2013
Nice stories at the end. last 2 stories are particularly good. you can get it free from Gutenberg project site
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