Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Project gutenberg offers 61942 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Born in guildford, the third son of a british magistrate based in hong kong, wodehouse spe. Pg wodehouse bibliography all the books we have compiled several bibliographies from a, fully illustrated with first editions books to simple checklists for readers and enthusiasts. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Pg wodehouse checklist basic bibliography the bibliography below is listed in order of the title release date uk or usa after the title denotes country first published in alternate titles are given when necessary. The adventures of sally gutenberg text wodehouse, p. The clicking of cuthbert gutenberg text wodehouse, p. Hollywood also features in your next choice, wodehouse on wodehouse. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in france and the united states, wodehouses main canvas remained that of prewar english upperclass society, reflecting his birth, education, and. Offers relief from anxiety, raginess or an afternoonlong tendency towards the sour. It is the second in the series of bertie wooster and jeeves novels and features some of the regular characters of brinkley court, the country seat ruled over by berties muchloved aunt.
One of them, bring on the girls, describes wodehouses time as a lyricist, and in hollywood when he worked with musical producers guy bolton and jerome kern. In 1902 he published his first novel, the pothunters, set at the fictional public school of st. It also contains his own autobiography, over seventy, in which he describes his victorian childhood. Out in piccadilly its heartening warmth seemed to infuse into traffic and pedestrians alike a novel jauntiness, so that bus drivers jested and even the lips of chauffeurs uncurled into. Within the family, wodehouses first name was abbreviated to plum and. One of wodehouses most delightful comedies, set in the heady atmosphere of france in the 1930s, featuring safeblowers, con men, jewelthieves and even a bloomsbury novelist. She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had.
A collection of short stories featuring jeeves and wooster and the upperclass english life of the early 1900s. Pelham grenville, 18811975 a wikipedia article about this author is available wodehouse, p. Wodehouse pelham grenville wodehouse and other ebooks from all genres of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, historical documents and sheet music, all of which are available on a subscription basis. Sir pelham grenville wodehouse, kbe 15 october 1881 14 february 1975 was an english humorist whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces.
Mulliner, whose considered judgment on any and all topics is drawn from the experiences of his innumerable relatives. A collection of eleven short stories by the incomparable pg wodehouse. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. Wodehouse audio books sir pelham grenville wodehouse 18811975 was an english humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. Wodehouses popular bertie wooster and jeeves characters. Throughout the interwar period wodehouse wrote a succession of novels, notably thank you, jeeves, heavy weather and the code of the woosters, which show him at his most inspired. Wodehouse titles in the current classic tales library. Thousands of free ebooks of classic literature for kindle, tablet, online browser or smart phone. The adventures of sallythe clicking of cuthbertthe coming of billa damsel in distressthe gem collectorthe girl on the boatthe gold batthe head of kaysindiscretions of archiethe intrusion of jimmythe little nuggetthe little warriorlove among the chickensmikemike and psmithnot george. Wodehouses series of comic novels featuring young british dilettante bertram bertie wooster, and his wry valet jeeves, who is often the cause of his salvation from increasingly entangled social situations. Wodehouse 1881 1975 pelham grenville wodehouse was born in guildford, surrey, as the son of henry ernest wodehouse, a british judge in hong kong, and eleanor deane wodehouse. Sir pelham grenville wodehouse kbe 15 october 1881 14 february 1975 was an english author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Pelham grenville, 18811975 the adventures of sally. After being educated at dulwich college, to which he remained devoted all his life, he was employed by a bank, but disliked the work and wrote magazine pieces in his spare time.
Pg wodehouses guide to fighting fascism forget about the authors wartime mistakes, the way bertie tackles mosleyesque thug roderick spode is a. Pelham grenville sorted by popularity project gutenberg offers 59,553 free ebooks to download. Born in guildford, the third son of a british magistrate based in hong kong, wodehouse spent happy teenage years at dulwich college, to which he remained devoted all his life. This is a collection of three of wodehouses nonfiction books. This title includes not only the entire audiobook of right ho, jeeves, but also all of the p. Mr mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by miss postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his farflung family. Wodehouse features delightful stories about the drones club and its affable, vacuous members. A mulliner collection in the anglers rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of wodehouses greatest raconteurs. Pg wodehouse checklist basic bibliography list of all books. The novels of wodehouse in one collection with active table of contents. And, since there really is no other language that can so well express nuances of humor french tries to do so but not as well as english. Widely considered a master of prose in the english language, the prolific author was admired by fellow contemporary authors such as hilaire belloc, evelyn waugh and rudyard kipling and modern authors such as douglas adams, j.
Wodehouse was one of the most widely renowned humorists of the 20th century. Within the family, wodehouse s first name was abbreviated to plum and later his wife and friends also used this name. Wodehouse hardcover books galahad at blandings drones club p. Sorting by most editions first published most recent. Wodehouse1881 1975 proli fic eng lish comic novelist, short story writer, lyricist and playwright, best known as the creator of jeeves, the perfect gentlemans gentleman, bertie wooster of the drones club, a young bachelor aristocrat. 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. Click on file format for free download of each book. A wodehouse pickmeup thatll lift your spirits, whatever your mood. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the p. This collection was designed for optimal navigation on kindle and other electronic devices. Wodehouse, basil windham books by pelham grenville wodehouse. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than. Wodehouse was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read.
Pg wodehouse is unquestionably the greatest humorist of the english language. In addition to wodehouses best known and beloved jeeves and bertie stories, the most of p. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Wodehouse summer lightning hardback w dj reprint of a classic. Sir pelham grenville wodehouse 18811975 was an english author of comic short stories and novels, best known for his jeeves and blandings castle series. On the other hand, for eternal wodehouse fans, right ho jeeves provides more glimpses of the delightful world created by one of the best loved english writers.
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