PG Wodehouse

[Ahtims]

PGS Wodehouse is my all time favorite. I've read and reread all his books umpteen no. of times. I had a massive crush on PSmith in my adolescence

[Ahtims]

I have his whole collection with me

[Poornima]

Wodehouse is one of my favorites too! Have not seen many people in my circle attempt to read him or even if they did, surprisingly they don't continue.. Probably, they don't have the patience to read his books and savor it.

I got most of my collection handed over from my uncle..but been adding to it myself! Apart from Jeeves, Blandings series is my favorite!

Haven't tried the school series 'head of kays' and 'white feather' ..and others yet, though have stacked them up at home.

[Ahtims]

School series is good too. 'Prefect's uncle ' is too hilarious

[Nyonie]

Smitha wrote: "I have his whole collection with me"

Wow Smitha I envy you! I have a dozen or so of his books in paperback and a few ebooks. I was scouring the net for some free ebooks when i found this

[Poornima]

Smitha wrote: "School series is good too. 'Prefect's uncle ' is too hilarious"

Will try them soon :)

[Ahtims]

Onie wrote: "Smitha wrote: "I have his whole collection with me"

Wow Smitha I envy you! I have a dozen or so of his books in paperback and a few ebooks. I was scouring the net for some free ebooks when i found..."

thanks, Onie. I never knew he was known as Plum. I have a work of PGW known as Plum Punch and I used to wonder why it is named so! And I never knew he wrote musicals.

[Pallavi]

I have never touched a single book from P G Woodhouse.
This discussion is making me feel guilty :(:(:(

[Ahtims]

better late than never. He is one of the best. Though you have to be someone who appreciates humor and slapdash comedy to read his books.

[Pallavi]

hmmmm... but som many books...
Is there any order for reading?

[Ahtims]

Jeeves and Blandings may have some order. But I read the books on an 'as and when' basis.

[Poornima]

Pallavi wrote: "hmmmm... but som many books...
Is there any order for reading?"

Pallavi, you could start with Inimitable Jeeves.. for the Jeeves series.

[Pallavi]

hmmm... let me start with mr.woodhouse.... thanks a lot for suggestions guys :)

[Poornima]

RV wrote: "I don't think there is any real order in Jeeves or Blandings, Smitha. Or at least, I didnt find any. I too read them as and when I came across them.

Once does need a sense of humour to appreciate ..."

Haven't watched Gilligan's island, American humor for me is more of seinfeld variety..

Another classic example of British humor would be Henry Cecil... Not many people read him as well!

[Ahtims]

haven't read Cecil yet.

[Poornima]

Smitha, you should definitely try Cecil, he writes stories about British legal system, totally hilarious.

[Ahtims]

Yes, I looked him up in GR.

[Suchitra]

hi all
one more pg wodehouse fan here!
he has written so many that i still keep finding new ones. and i am so glad. i cannot sometimes fathom how he could do it. i mean ....some books have nearly exactly the same storyline and yet i read the book and am laughing aloud by the end........aloud....every single book i have read so far.......
what an extraordinary writer!
i recently read......
Uncle Fred in the Springtime

[Ahtims]

yes, story lines are almost identical and you know what will happen to Fred or Bertie next, still you eagerly await it to happen.

[Nyonie]

Yes isn't it? There’s something about reading Wodehouse that always lift my spirits. His descriptions are hilarious for instance-

--Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

--She laughed - a solo effort. Nothing in the prevailing circumstances made me feel like turning it into a duet.

--I’d always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn’t even put her in the oven.
:)
Why do you think Wodehouse is not in demand now?

[Ahtims]

LOL, Onie. I also remember the guppie fishes and that beautiful halfwitted dame of Gussie's (forgot her name)

[Nyonie]

Yeah:) and if I'm not mistaken the name's Basett or something...I may be wrong :P

[Nyonie]

Oh so Gussie didn’t get her in the end? Yay! its time for a reread. I've forgotten most of the details.

[Ahtims]

yes, Madeline Basset. No, Gussie actually doesn't want to marry her.

[Suchitra]

is she the one who looks stunning and anyone would think he was mad not to want to be married to her but she has too many principles?

[Gurdeesh]

Hi all,

its lovely to see so many of you praising the Master..
as for me,I have just started reading PGW books and im liking it..
Does anyone of you have his ebooks? pls be kind enough to pass them on to me..

thnx..

[Nyonie]

You can download for free from www.gutenberg.org or from
this website

hope its useful:)

[Poornima]

RV wrote: "Yup. Some of his old works that have come into the public domain are available at Gutenberg. I dont think you will find pirated ebooks, as the people who read Wodehouse are not the pirating kind.

..."

Oh definitely!! And it's even better with actual books too :)

[Versha]

Count me as another fan.. I just wanted to read PG Wodehouse from so.. long at last i've started and i am enjoying thoroughly… its hilarious :D. I feel You just need to relish the humorous dialogs from each character not to forget their expressions!!

[Manasi]

Just discovered this thread...I've grown up on a steady diet of PG Wodehouse! And I don't think I'll ever outgrow his books; have read and re-read so many of them. Currently re-re-re-reading Mating Season :)one of my all time faves.
For all first time readers would strongly recommend The Empress of Blandings series by PGW- guaranteed to make you laugh out loud! Just make sure you're not in a public place when you read them; I had built up quite a reputation as the demented airport woman due to my habit of chuckling away to myself in random corners of airports across the country with a PGW in hand.

[Harsha]

I have read some of his works and loved them all... I have had some real LOL moments. One funny incident was when I was reading Something Fresh, late in the night in my hostel room. My room mate was asleep and I started laughing out loud at some point, and the poor girl woke up in alarm! She was convinced that I had gone crazy. When she discovered I was laughing because of a book, the look she gave me was pretty epic LOL!

[Ahtims]

I am in the process of shifting my PGW collection from my paternal home to my home. I have had many many 'laugh out loud' instances in public just because of PGW

[Akanksha]

However did I miss this one? I'm a die hard wodehouse fan..!!!! I love Jeeves....

[Ahtims]

I somehow had a major crush on PSmith - one of his minor heroes who starred only in 3 books or so

[Vismay]

Few time back, I read his book Summer Moonshine. Though I must say my all time favorite character is Lord Emsworth.........

[Harsha]

Currently reading Picadilly Jim, and needless to say, loving it! :)

[Sunil]

This is what I was looking for!
I'm planning to buy the complete Jeeves collection.
Thank you guys. :)

[Ahtims]

welcome, PGW is one of the best, provided you have it in you to enjoy unrealistic comedy

[Parikhit]

Thank you RV for creating this thread. Adore PGW. Though I began late, better late than never. And rightly said by someone in this thread that you need to have a 'sense of humour' to appreciate PGW.

[Harsha]

Now reading, Leave it to Psmith :)

[Dhiraj]

He is the master of humour and yes the stories will make you laugh out loud...but seriously don't you think that his novels become repetitive..I mean there is always an aunt to mess up things, a crony friend, a girl who can't decide whom to marry....a naughty cousin, a bumbling policeman et al.
It doesn't mean I don't like Wodehouse but the basic storyline tends to be same in almost all of his works. And yes Mating Season is my favourite.

[Ahtims]

Yes, I too like PGW a lot, but I find most of his books repetitive and I can sort of surmise what will happen next.

[Ahtims]

R V-Qube wrote: "It depends on what one reads PGW for, I guess.

I read it for the language and the silly, imbecilic characters. I don't find the language repetitive. Small things like "Gussie, a glutton for punish..."

You summed it up correctly.