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P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters

P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters

P.G. Wodehouse

This is a book every lover of Wodehouse will want to possess. 'The letters, gossipy in the kindliest, amused/bemused manner, bear true witness to the wide-ranging influences on Wodehouse's' best-known novels and best-loved characters.
Hot Water

Hot Water

P.G. Wodehouse

A P.G. Wodehouse novel Château Blissac, on its hill above St Roque, is in a setting where every prospect pleases.
Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf

P. G. Wodehouse

Stories recounted by the Oldest Member describe golfers who fall in love, bet excessively, use the rules to win, are defeated by their own superstitions, and become better people playing golf
The Inimitable Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

The Inimitable Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

P.G. Wodehouse

And Bertie, with Jeeves's help, hopes to evade the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop... At its heart is one of Wodehouse's most delicious stories, 'The Great Sermon Handicap.'
Wonderful Wodehouse 1: A Collection: The Inimitable Jeeves, ...

Wonderful Wodehouse 1: A Collection: The Inimitable Jeeves, ...

P.G. Wodehouse

Carry On, Jeeves These marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ('If you would drink this, sir... it is a little preparation of my own invention.
Laughing Gas

Laughing Gas

P.G. Wodehouse

Laughing Gas is Wodehouse's brilliantly funny take on the 'If I were you' theme - a wry look at the dangers of getting what you wish for in the movie business and beyond.
The Gem Collector

The Gem Collector

P. G. Wodehouse

First appearing in serial form in the publication Ainslee's Magazine, P.G. Wodehouse's novella The Gem Collector follows the exploits of stylish man about town Jimmy Pitt, who falls in with a fast crowd and unintentionally turns to a life ...
The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse

The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse

Presents a collection of humorous stories, including "The Truth about George," "Ukridge's Dog College," "The Coming of Gowf," "The Purity of the Turf," and "A Slice of Life."
Carry On, Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

Carry On, Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

P.G. Wodehouse

A classic collection of Jeeves and Wooster stories from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century In his new role as valet to Bertie Wooster, Jeeves's first duty is to create a miracle hangover cure.
The Journal of John Wodehouse First Earl of Kimberley, 1862-1902

The Journal of John Wodehouse First Earl of Kimberley, 1862-1902

John Wodehouse Earl of Kimberley

The Bp. of Oxford 'pitched into' his brother of Lichfield652 with unsparing severity. He was delighted ... Bp. Lichfield talked wretched nonsense. The chief feature of ... 651 George Augustus Selwyn (1809-78), bp. of Lichfield, 1868-78. 653 The ...
How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

Will Cuppy

He is also, says P. G. Wodehouse in his introduction to the present volume, "the author of the best thing said about Pekingese, viz. 'I don't know why they should look so conceited. They're no better than we are.
Shark

Shark

Will Self

Will Self is the author of many novels and books of non-fiction, including Great Apes, The Book of Dave, How the Dead Live, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year 2002, The Butt, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse ...
Sitcom School

Sitcom School

Tony Abbott

When a bigwig television producer buys Preston Wodehouse Middle School, seventh grader Spencer Babbitt becomes the star of his own real-life situation comedy.
Carry On, Jeeves

Carry On, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

A Jeeves and Wooster collection These marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ('If you would drink this, sir... it is a little preparation of my own invention.
My Man Jeeves

My Man Jeeves

P.G. Wodehouse

Of the eight stories in this collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster.
Looking for Class

Looking for Class

Bruce Feiler

An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and ...
Dear Wit: Letters from the World's Wit

Dear Wit: Letters from the World's Wit

H. Jack Lang

Presents a collection of letters written by Balzac, Twain, Wilde, Wodehouse, Churchill, Mencken, Shaw, Groucho Marx, and other luminaries
Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth ...

Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth ...

John Crace

And those who find all such works a little highbrow will be relieved to discover, between the covers of this book, John Crace's take on the likes of Ian Fleming, P. G. Wodehouse and the Highway Code.
The Second Rumpole Omnibus

The Second Rumpole Omnibus

John Mortimer

This wonderful collection of Rumpole will be loved by fans of John Mortimer, as well as readers of Sherlock Holmes, P.D. James and P.G. Wodehouse.
Carry on Jeeves

Carry on Jeeves

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

This hilarious collection of seven unabridged short stories features the hapless though hilarious Bertie Wooster and the quintessential English gentleman's gentleman - his 'man' Jeeves.
The Poll for Two Knights of the Shire for the Eastern ...

The Poll for Two Knights of the Shire for the Eastern ...

Elections (NORFOLK)

Elections (NORFOLK). ( Wm ML Ali?. 6, 1830. Thomas Wm. Co e sq. Sir Wm. J. H. B. Eolkes, Bart. [Without opposition. E. Wodehouse, Esq. having declined a Contest] Mayfi 1831. The same le-electetl. [This short Parliament was dlstolved Dec.
Saturnin

Saturnin

Zdenek Jirotka

The novel's main character, Saturnin, a "gentleman's gentleman" who obviously owes a debt to Wodehouse's beloved Jeeves, wages a constant battle to protect his master from romantic disaster and intrusive relatives, such as Aunt Catherine, ...
Intoxerated

Intoxerated

Paul Dickson

How, for example, does a word like "blotto" go from the lips of P.G. Wodehouse, into the writings of Edmund Wilson, before landing with Otto from The Simpson's ("My name is Otto, I like to get blotto"). From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Dog

The Dog

Joseph O’Neill

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION The first novel from Joseph O’Neill since NETHERLAND. ‘O’Neill, in this book, has come of age as a novelist ... a comic ...
P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and ...

P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and ...

Brian Taves

Cast: John Turner (Spode), John Woodnutt (Sir Watkyn), Diana Blackburn ( Madeline), Charlotte Attenborough (Sti›y), Richard Garnett (Gussie), Campbell Morrison (Oates), Simon Treves (Stinker), Martin Clunes (Barmy), Richard Dixon ( Oofy), ...
P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master

P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master

David A. Jasen

A Portrait of a Master David A. Jasen. DAVIDA.JASEN BHOUSE A FO7TRAITOF A MASTER Mason (SiLipscomb PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Copyright © 1974 by David A. Jasen All rights reserved.

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