The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology; Introduction by John Mortimer

The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology; Introduction by John Mortimer

The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology; Introduction by John Mortimer

The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology; Introduction by John Mortimer

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Overview

P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was perhaps the most widely acclaimed British humorist of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he brilliantly examined the complex and idiosyncratic nature of English upper-crust society with hilarious insight and wit. The works in this volume provide a wonderful introduction to Wodehouse’s work and his unique talent for joining fantastic plots with authentic emotion.

 

In The Code of the Woosters, Wodehouse’s most famous duo, Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves, risks all to steal a cream jug. Uncle Fred in the Springtime, part of the famous Blandings Castle series, follows Uncle Fred as he attempts to ruin the Duke of Blandings while he is preoccupied with his favorite pig. Fourteen stories feature some of Wodehouse’s most memorable characters, and three autobiographical pieces provide a revealing look into Wodehouse’s life.

 

With his gift for hilarity and his ever-human tone, Wodehouse and his work have never felt more lively. With a New Introduction by John Mortimer




Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780307266613
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/19/2007
Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
Pages: 840
Sales rank: 452,620
Product dimensions: 5.35(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.71(d)

About the Author

P.G. Wodehouse was an English author and humorist born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey

Date of Birth:

October 15, 1881

Date of Death:

February 14, 1975

Place of Birth:

Guildford, Surrey, England

Place of Death:

Southampton, New York

Education:

Dulwich College, 1894-1900
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