P. G. Wodehouse - Young Men in Spats (Collectors Wodehouse)

P. G. WODEHOUSE

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First published in the United Kingdom in 1936 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd

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The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals including Punch and the Globe. He married in 1914. As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and at one time had five musicals running simultaneously on Broadway. His time in Hollywood also provided much source material for fiction.

At the age of 93, in the New Years Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue knighthood, only to die on St Valentines Day some 45 days later.

P.G. Wodehouse titles available in Arrow Books

JEEVES

The Inimitable Jeeves

Carry On, Jeeves

Very Good, Jeeves

Thank You, Jeeves

Right Ho, Jeeves

The Code of the Woosters

Joy in the Morning

The Mating Season

Ring for Jeeves

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

Jeeves in the Offing

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Much Obliged, Jeeves

Aunts Arent Gentlemen

The World of Jeeves

BLANDINGS

Something Fresh

Leave it to Psmith

Summer Lightning

Blandings Castle

Uncle Fred in the Springtime

Full Moon

Pigs Have Wings

Service with a Smile

A Pelican at Blandings

The World of Blandings

MULLINER

Meet Mr Mulliner

Mulliner Nights

Mr Mulliner Speaking

UNCLE FRED

Cocktail Time

Uncle Dynamite

GOLF

The Clicking of Cuthbert

The Heart of a Goof

OTHERS

Piccadilly Jim

Ukridge

The Luck of the Bodkins

Laughing Gas

A Damsel in Distress

The Small Bachelor

Hot Water

Summer Moonshine

The Adventures of Sally

Money for Nothing

The Girl in Blue

Big Money

Young Men in Spats

The ultimate in comfort reading because nothing bad ever happens in P.G. Wodehouse land. Or even if it does, its always sorted out by the end of the book. For as long as Im immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, its possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day Marian Keyes

You should read Wodehouse when youre well and when youre poorly; when youre travelling, and when youre not; when youre feeling clever, and when youre feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already Lynne Truss

P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection Julian Fellowes

Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists. His world is perfect, his stories are perfect, his writing is perfect. What more is there to be said? Susan Hill

One of my (few) proud boasts is that I once spent a day interviewing P.G. Wodehouse at his home in America. He was exactly as Id expected: a lovely, modest man. He could have walked out of one of his own novels. Its dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but Ill risk it with him John Humphrys

The incomparable and timeless genius perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes! Kate Mosse

A genius Elusive, delicate but lasting. He created such a credible world that, sadly, I suppose, never really existed but what a delight it always is to enter it and the temptation to linger there is sometimes almost overwhelming Alan Ayckbourn

Wodehouse was quite simply the Bees Knees. And then some Joseph Connolly

Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt or a sense of humour! Lindsey Davis

I constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language Simon Brett

Ive recorded all the Jeeves books, and I can tell you this: its like singing Mozart. The perfection of the phrasing is a physical pleasure. I doubt if any writer in the English language has more perfect music Simon Callow

Quite simply, the master of comic writing at work Jane Moore

To pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment John Julius Norwich

P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit Christopher Hitchens

Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny Adele Parks

To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language Ben Schott

P.G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than valium and far, far more addictive Olivia Williams

My only problem with Wodehouse is deciding which of his enchanting books to take to my desert island Ruth Dudley Edwards

I T was the hour of the morning snifter, and a little group of Eggs and Beans and Crumpets had assembled in the smoking-room of the Drones Club to do a bit of inhaling. There had been a party of sorts overnight, and the general disposition of the company was towards a restful and somewhat glassy-eyed silence. This was broken at length by one of the Crumpets.