Wodehouse penned close to 100 books in his prolific career. As everyman releases the final three titles in its collection of pg wodehouses 99 novels, eleanor doughty romps through his canon of literary genius sunset at blandings, 1977. Descriptive language doesnt get much better than that of wodehouse, but in his blockbusting novel, piccadilly jim, it has. Wodehouse, being the highlycompetent valet of a wealthy and idle young londoner named bertie wooster created in 1915. Its hard to single out one pg wodehouse book as the entire jeeves and. In the 1960s wodehouse s stories inspired the television series the world of wooster and blandings castle. Dec 08, 2016 though i dont usually go for the humor genre, i couldnt resist mentioning these three names,j. May 08, 20 ive read quite a few other english authors, but in my opinion, no one comes as close to wodehouse as the marathi author, p. One of wodehouses most delightful comedies, set in the heady atmosphere of france in the 1930s, featuring safeblowers, con men, jewelthieves and even a bloomsbury novelist. Wodehouse playhouse started in 1975, and in the 1990s hugh laurie as bertie and stephen fry as jeeves appeared in new television series.
Top 10 books about boarding school from evelyn waugh to molesworth, novels set in these places of privilege are microcosmic studies of oppression and rebellion. In addition to wodehouse s best known and beloved jeeves and bertie stories, the most of p. Wodehouses contemporary george orwell came to his aid, penning a 1945 essay called in defense of p. One of them, bring on the girls, describes wodehouses time as a lyricist, and in hollywood when he worked with musical producers guy bolton and jerome kern. Wodehouse worked extensively on his books, sometimes having two or more in preparation simultaneously. In the 1960s wodehouses stories inspired the television series the world of wooster and blandings castle.
Wodehouse was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read. Wodehouse was an english author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. He would take up to two years to build a plot and write a scenario of about thirty thousand words. Delightfully understated, wodehouse wrote stories about the good old days of england, when everyone had butlers and valets and were called things like bingo and kipper. This is a collection of three of wodehouses nonfiction books. Frederick, earl of ickenham, remains young at heart. My dad was the first to introduce me to him, at the age of 12. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in france and the united states, wodehouses main canvas remained that of prewar english upperclass society, reflecting his birth, education, and. Pelham grenville wodehouse is one of the most hilarious writers ive ever read. Wodehouse score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Wodehouse titles october 7, 2011 october 7, 2011 tony reinke douglas wilson, p.
Top 10 funniest books according to the british as told to. Wodehouses books in order of when they were originally. Wodehouse has 694 books on goodreads with 624311 ratings. A large portion of the quotes here are borrowed from his books. Mar 18, 2020 top 10 books about boarding school from evelyn waugh to molesworth, novels set in these places of privilege are microcosmic studies of oppression and rebellion.
Sir pelham grenville wodehouse was an english writer, and most of. Wodehouse became a published author in 1902 with the novel the pothunters. The best of pg wodehouse pg wodehouse the guardian. She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had. Something fresh came out as the writers debut in 1915 and took the world as its fans. No great harm will befall you by reading this, or any other book, out of order. Pg wodehouse bibliography a collectors illustrated guide below are all our bibliographies for the collector and reader fully illustrated with pictures of rare books they contain all the information you need to identify a first edition these bibliographies were compiled exclusively by r. Pg wodehouse bibliography in depth illustrated checklist. Mulliner, whose considered judgment on any and all topics is drawn from the experiences of his innumerable relatives. Wodehouse characters are practically synonymous with elevenses and pimms.
Which are the top 10 humorous books in english similar to. I believe i have every one of his books now, almost 80. Top 10 books about boarding school books the guardian. Throughout the interwar period wodehouse wrote a succession of novels, notably thank you, jeeves, heavy weather and the code of the woosters, which show him at his most inspired. The official website of pg wodehouse, celebrating the wonderful writing of one of the greatest writers literature has ever known.
Ive read quite a few other english authors, but in my opinion, no one comes as close to wodehouse as the marathi author, p. Wodehouse was one of the most widely renowned humorists of the 20th century. To get your daily dosage of wodehouse quotes, please consider following our account wodehouse tweets on twitter which has over 9,000 followers. Three men in a boat still makes readers smile 120 years after publication. Delightfully understated, wodehouse wrote stories about the good old days of. A complete list of the books of p g wodehouse, excluding the plays. Her books gave the people of great britain a clear. After being educated at dulwich college, to which he remained devoted all his life, he was employed by a bank, but disliked the work and wrote magazine pieces in his spare time. His final completed novel was aunts arent gentlemen aka the catnappers.
Wodehouse is probably the bestknown humorist to ever write in the english language. This book also appears on the 10 funniest books according to abes british. Jan 18, 2009 throughout the interwar period wodehouse wrote a succession of novels, notably thank you, jeeves, heavy weather and the code of the woosters, which show him at his most inspired. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than. Finally, if this reading list leaves you wanting more, theres also the. Pelham grenville, 18811975 a wikipedia article about this author is available. My man jeeves extricating young gussie right ho, jeeves jeeves is a fictional character in a series of humorous short stories and novels by p. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. Wodehouse also wrote his memoirs, performing flea 1951 and over seventy 1957. Wodehouse audio books sir pelham grenville wodehouse 18811975 was an english humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. In addition to wodehouses best known and beloved jeeves and bertie stories, the most of p. Three novels in the 1970s are there as well as a pair of wodehouse books from the 1930s. Wodehouse passed away while writing sunset at blandings, which was finished and published in 1977. P g wodehouse collection 10 books jeeves in the offing.
Pg wodehouse resource site, books, history, bibliographies, checklists, synopsis, articles, everything you ever wanted to know. Most of the main protagonists in the top 10 are also male. Wodehouse quotes will lighten your mood and brighten your day. A prolific writer sometimes oblivious to events going on around him, pg. Something fresh 1915 piccadilly jim 1918 thank you jeeves 1934 heavy weather 1933 the code of the woosters 1938 joy in the.
Two books about war show there is humor in the worst circumstances. Though i dont usually go for the humor genre, i couldnt resist mentioning these three names,j. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Buy p g wodehouse collection 10 books jeeves in the offing, stiff upper lip jeeves, mating season, code of the woosters, carry on jeeves, much obliged jeeves, aunts arent gentlemen, right ho, jeeves, thank you jeeves, inimitable jeeves by p g wodehouse isbn. Hollywood also features in your next choice, wodehouse on wodehouse. Ive been wanting to read pg wodehouse for a while now. Wodehouse features delightful stories about the drones club and its affable, vacuous members. Wodehouses comic novels by exploring some of our favorites. I have four of his novels, the small bachelor, big money, money for nothing, and the luck of the bodkins, as well as the clicking of cuthbert which says is golf stories.
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