The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this occasion there are two of them - both intent on a dangerous enterprise.
The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other house...
In the bar-parlour of the Anglers Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales where the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outlandish situations.
In the bar-parlour of the Anglers Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales where the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outla...
Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the "Everyman Wodehouse" contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. This collection of eleven short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman's gentleman - Jeeves.
Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the "Everyman Wodehouse" contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. Thi...
The thought of being cooped up in Blandings Castle with Clarence, the Earl of Emsworth, Galahad and Freddie, appalled Colonel Wedge. But the arrival of Tipton Plimsoll, a rich young American, brightened his horizon. Tip-ton, in his opinion, was quite the companion for his daughter, Veronica, the dumbest beauty listed in the pages of Debrett.
The thought of being cooped up in Blandings Castle with Clarence, the Earl of Emsworth, Galahad and Freddie, appalled Colonel Wedge. But the arrival o...
Offers an insight into the genesis of comic literature's most celebrated double-act. All the stories are set in New York, four of them featuring Jeeves and Wooster themselves; the rest concerning Reggie Pepper, an earlier version of Bertie. Plots involve the usual cast of young clots, choleric millionaires, chorus-girls and vulpine aunts.
Offers an insight into the genesis of comic literature's most celebrated double-act. All the stories are set in New York, four of them featuring Jeeve...
It wasn't Archie's fault, really. It's true he went to America & fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor & if he did marry her - well, what else was there to do? From his point of view, the whole thing was a fine. But Mr Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently.
It wasn't Archie's fault, really. It's true he went to America & fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor & if he did...
The action of the novel takes place at the fictional 'Beckford College', a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older 'Bishop' Gethryn, a prefect, cricketer and popular figure in the school.
The action of the novel takes place at the fictional 'Beckford College', a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arrival at the school of ...
Lord Emsworth sank back in his chair looking like the good old man in a Victorian melodrama whose mortgage the villain had just foreclosed. He needed Galahad. There are tricky corners to be rounded, and assorted lads and lassies to be paired off.
Lord Emsworth sank back in his chair looking like the good old man in a Victorian melodrama whose mortgage the villain had just foreclosed. He needed ...
O'Hara and Moriarty tar and feather a statue of the local MP as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team, and after the escapade he discovers the trinket is missing. Schoolboy honour is at stake as Trevor and friends try to get the gold bat back.
O'Hara and Moriarty tar and feather a statue of the local MP as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belong...
This is the tale of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, one of Wodehouse's favourite protagonists, and his fraught attempt to establish a business farming chickens on the coast of Dorset.
This is the tale of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, one of Wodehouse's favourite protagonists, and his fraught attempt to establish a business farm...