P. G. Wodehouse
Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hapless British gentleman, Bertie Wooster, and his all-knowing valet, Jeeves, embark upon a series of humorous hijinks in New York City. They encounter a dazzling cast of characters along the way, including cantankerous aunts, amiable aristocrats, and careless cousins. Whether confronted by outlandish plots, Wooster's own buffoonery, or an everyday meeting gone awry, it is always Jeeves who saves the day. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Bertie Wooster visits Deverill Hall pretending to be Gussie Fink-Nottle he finds himself in trouble. To begin with, there is the case of Esmond Haddock, JP, the squire of King's Deverill, and his surging sea of aunts. Then there is the problem with 'Corky' Pirbright, Constable Dobbs and the dog. Complicating matters further, Esmond is in love with Corky, and Esmond's cousin Gertude with Corky's brother, but the aunts have forbidden both unions....
Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 17
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 306
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of works by one of the twentieth century's leading humorists features two novels, The Code of the Woosters and Uncle Fred in the Springtime, as well as fourteen short stories and three autobiographical pieces.
12) If I were you
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Did old Nannie Price really substitute her own child for the infant son the late Lord and Lady Droitwich while they were away in India? If so, Tony Droitwich is heir, not to rolling acres and stately pile, but to a barber's shop in London's West End. With Socialist Syd Price determined to prove himself the new earl, and Tony's haughty relations determined that he shall not, the stage is set for an amusing battle, waged by a familiar Wodehousean cast...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
Big-time Hollywood producer Ivor Llewellyn, a five-time divorcee (due to a compulsion to propose over dinner) is off to London where his California divorce lawyer, Ephraim Trout, fears he might fall to the wiles of yet another woman. Trout belongs to "B.A.", patterned after AA, which helps men prevent getting married off. He suggests Llewellyn look up a lawyer while in England to help fill the gap.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
These eleven stories describe the misadventures of the delightfully idle “Eggs,” “Beans,” and “Crumpets” that populate the Drones club: young men wearing spats, starting spats, and landing in sticky spots. For the first of his many appearances in the Wodehouse canon, Uncle Fred comes to what he believes to be the rescue. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Louder and Funnier is a collection of articles written for Vanity Fair, with subjects ranging from Shakespeare and divorce to income tax and ocean liners. Revised by Wodehouse after the initial publication, it features the master's signature reflections on the rich in one of his classic novels.
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Would-be painter, George Finch, with lots of money and no talent, falls for lovely Molly Waddington, who falls for him. Unfortunately, Molly's snobbish stepmother, Mrs. Sigsbee H. Waddington, New York society Queen, has grander ideas for Molly, not the least because George comes from Idaho, which in every sense is beyond the pale. The story of George's struggle to win his girl, with the willing help of Hamilton Beamish, author of self-improvement...
20) French leave
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Three American sisters leave their chicken farm on Long Island for a holiday in Europe. In France they encounter the charming but penniless Marquis de Maufringneuse, his writer son Jeff, and the Marquis's tough American ex-wife. When they all find themselves together at the exclusive resort of St Rocque -- one of the sisters in search of a husband, the Marquis in search of a fortune, the writer in search of love -- the Wodehousean complications...
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