P. G. Wodehouse Wodehouse, P. G. - Essay - eNotes.com.

A thing that people often forget about P. G. Wodehouse’s novels is how long ago the better-known of them were written. We think of him as in some sense typifying the silliness of the nineteen-twenties and nineteen-thirties, but in fact the scenes and characters by which he is best remembered had all made their appearance before 1925.

Wodehouse and his wife, Ethel, had lived in Le Touquet since 1934. The speed of the German advance, through northern France, in May 1940, took the Wodehouses - as it took the British High Command - by surprise. Wodehouse was captured and sent to an internment camp at Tost in Upper Silesia. In June 1941, he was released, and taken to Berlin.

The Coming of Gowf by P. G. Wodehouse — PROLOGUE After we had sent in our card and waited for a few hours in the marbled ante-room, a bell rang and the major.

Some sixty-plus years later, in his early nineties, Wodehouse sat down at his typewriter and pounded out an idea for a new show lyric: “In Brixton, my heart is fixed on. .. ” The man was so dashed consistent. A cigar and coco-nut to the boys at Madame Eulalie for bringing us these rare pieces of P. G. Wodehouse’s wonderful legacy.

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. Buy Books by PG Wodehouse.

FAIRBANKS - The origin of the word “feck” arose following mention of P.G. Wodehouse’s skilled use of back-formations in last week’s column.

Top 10 P.G. Wodehouse novels October 15, 2013 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse wrote a treasury of tales peopled by memorable figures of stern, well-meaning aunts, eccentric aristocrats, romantically bumbling young men, determined single women and unflappable butlers.

The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the UK in 1909. Its subtitle is “A Tale of the Great Invasion.” This one may strain the sub-genre of alternate history to its breaking point, but I figure its probably worth it.

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P. G. Wodehouse, 1881- 1975 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English-born humorous novelist, short-story writer, lyricist and playwright, best known as the creator of his hero, Bertie Wooster’s valet, Jeeves, the ultimate “gentleman’s gentleman’’ He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies Wodehouse began by.

What Great Writers Read is Wodehouse News, information, feature articles, and opinion regarding antiquarian, out-of-print and rare books. For Booksellers and Collectors of rare and antiquarian books.

The following is a list of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse grouped by the Wodehouse canon to which they belong, if applicable. For a list of Wodehouse's books, including novels and collections of short stories, see P. G. Wodehouse bibliography.