P. G. Wodehouse - Collected Works of P. G. Wodehouse

The Collected Works of

P. G. WODEHOUSE

(1881-1975)

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The Collected Works of

P. G. WODEHOUSE

By Delphi Classics, 2021

Collected Works of P. G. Wodehouse

First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Delphi Classics.

Delphi Classics, 2021.

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Guildford, a town in Surrey Wodehouses birthplace. He was born prematurely in 1881 while his mother was visiting the town

Guildfords High Street in the late Victorian period

The birthplace, 59 Epsom Road, Guildford

St Nicolas, Guildford, where Wodehouse was christened

Serialised in Public School Magazine in January 1902, alongside illustrations by R. Noel Pocock, The Pothunters ran for a couple of issues, but when the magazine ceased publication with the March edition, the story was abruptly terminated. A hardback edition was published by A&C Black in the UK on 18 September 1902. Wodehouse was 20 years old at the time and inspired by the sale of this his first novel, alongside the sale of numerous pieces to various magazines; that same month he quit his job at a bank to write full time.

The story tells of the search for a sackful of sporting trophies (the pots of the title) that are stolen from the campus of the fictional school St Austins. The story opens at a schools boxing competition in Aldershot and were introduced to Tony Graham, who is representing St Austins and his cousin Allen Thomson, who is representing Rugby. Graham wins the competition, but in the subsequent chapter we learn about the theft at St Austins. The focus then shifts to Allens brother Jim, who made a bet on the boxing match and also broke into the school pavilion...

The book is dedicated to Joan, Effie and Ernestine Bowes-Lyon, first cousins to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Reaction to the novel was gently encouraging, but not on the scale of Wodehouses later work, with one contemporary critic noting that it was: a very readable story of life at St Austins School...the St Austins boys are a nice set of lads and the description of modern school life is adapted to bring out their various characters.

The first editions dust jacket

The first edition

The original frontispiece

The first editions title page

DEDICATION

TO JOAN, EFFIE AND

ERNESTINE BOWES-LYON