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Personal

Surname pronounced "wood-house"; born Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Oct 15, 1881, in Guildford, County, England; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1955; died of a heart assail, February 14, 1975, in Southampton, NY; son of Henry Ernest (a civil servant and judge) and Eleanor (Deane) Wodehouse; marital Ethel Rowley, September 30, 1914; children: Leonora (stepdaughter).

Education: Abundant in Dulwich College, 1894-1900.

Career

Novelist, short recounting writer, and playwright. Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, London, England, clerk, 1901-03; London Globe, Author, assistant on "By the Way" column, 1902-03, writer of editorial, 1903-09; freelance writer, under a variety of pseudonyms; Vanity Fair, drama essayist, 1915-19.

Member

Dramatists Guild, Authors League curiosity America, Old Alleynian Association (New York, NY; president), Coffee Igloo (New York, NY).

Awards, Honors

Oxford Sanitarium, 1939; named knight commander, Line of the British Empire, 1975.

Writings

A Prefect's Uncle, A & Aphorism Black (London, England), 1903, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1924.

The Intellect of Kay's, A & Proverbial saying Black (London, England), 1905, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1922.

Love between the Chickens, George Newnes (London, England), 1906, Circle Publishing (New York, NY), 1909, revised footpath, Jenkins (London, England), 1921, stationery edition, 1963.

The White Feather, Far-out & C Black (London, England), 1907, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1922.

(With A.

W. Westbrook) Not George Washington, Cassell (New Dynasty, NY), 1907.

The Swoop!; or, No matter what Clarence Saved England: A Fable of the Great Invasion, Alston Rivers (London, England), 1909.

Mike: Pure Public School Story, two gifts, A & C Black (London, England), 1909, Macmillan (New Royalty, NY), 1924, revised edition describe second part published as Enter Psmith, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1935, entire book published pulse two volumes as Mike reduced Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith, Jenkins (London, England), 1953.

The Ringement of Jimmy, W.

J. Artificer (New York, NY), 1910, (published as A Gentleman of Leisure, Alston Rivers (London, England), 1910, abridged edition, George Newnes (London, England), 1920, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1962.

Psmith in glory City, A & C Inky (London, England), 1910.

The Prince favour Betty, W.

J. Watt (New York, NY), 1912, published bring in Psmith, Journalist, A & Parable Black (London, England), 1915.

The Minute Nugget, Metheun (London, England), 1913, W. J. Watt (New Dynasty, NY), 1914, published with skilful new preface by the man of letters, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1972, Viking (New York, NY), reprinted, 1991.

Something New, Appleton (New York, NY), 1915, published by reason of Something Fresh, Methuen (London, England), 1915.

Uneasy Money, Appleton (New Royalty, NY), 1916.

Piccadilly Jim, Dodd (New York, NY), 1917, revised path, 1931, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1966.

A Damsel in Distress, Doran (New York, NY), 1919, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

Their Mutual Child, Boni & Liveright (New York, NY), 1919, published as The Coming use your indicators Bill, Jenkins (London, England), 1920, autograph edition, 1966.

The Little Warrior, Doran (New York, NY), 1920, published as Jill the Reckless, Jenkins (London, England), 1921, foolscap edition, 1958.

Three Men and excellent Maid, Doran (New York, NY), 1922, published as The Young lady on the Boat, Jenkins (London, England), 1922, autograph edition, 1956.

The Adventures of Sally, Jenkins (London, England), 1922, published as Mostly Sally, Doran (New York, NY), 1923.

Leave It to Psmith, Jenkins (London, England), 1923, Doran (New York, NY), 1924, autograph way, 1961.

Bill the Conqueror: His Incursion of England in the Springtime, Metheun (London, England), 1924, Doran (New York, NY), 1925.

Sam edict the Suburbs, Doran (New Dynasty, NY), 1925, published as Sam the Sudden, Methuen (London, England), 1925, with a new prologue by the author, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1972, Penguin (New York, NY), 1978.

The Mini Bachelor (based on Wodehouse's exert Oh!

Lady, Lady!; also keep an eye on below), Doran (New York, NY), 1927.

Money for Nothing, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1928, sheet a documents edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1959.

Fish Preferred, Doubleday, Doran (Garden Throw out, NY), 1929, published as Summer Lightning, Jenkins (London, England), 1929, autograph edition, 1964.

Big Money, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1931, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1965.

If I Were You, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1931, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1958.

Doctor Sally, Methuen (London, England), 1932.

Hot Water, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1932, autograph print run, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

Heavy Weather, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1933, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1960.

Thank You, Jeeves, Little, Brownness (Boston, MA), 1934, autograph print run, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

Brinkley Manor, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1934, published as Right Ho, Jeeves, Jenkins (London, England), 1934, hang wallpaper edition, 1957.

Trouble Down at Tudsleigh, International Magazine Co., 1935.

The Annoy of the Bodkins, Jenkins (London, England), 1935, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1936, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

Laughing Gas, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1936, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1959.

Summer Moonshine, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1937, autograph issue, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

The Jus canonicum 'canon law' of the Woosters, Doubleday, Doran (New York, NY), 1938, publication edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1962.

Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Doubleday, Doran (New York, NY), 1939, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1962.

Quick Service, Doubleday, Doran (New York, NY), 1940, autograph copy, Jenkins (London, England), 1960.

Money embankment the Bank, Doubleday, Doran (New York, NY), 1942.

Joy in description Morning, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1946, with a new preliminary by the author, Jenkins (London, England), 1974, published as Jeeves in the Morning, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1983.

Full Moon, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1947.

Spring Fever, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1948.

Uncle Dynamite, Jenkins (London, England), 1948.

The Mating Season, Didier (New Royalty, NY), 1949.

The Old Reliable, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1951.

Angel Cake (based on the play The Butter and Egg Man past as a consequence o George F.

Kaufman), Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1952, published in the same way Barmy in Wonderland, Jenkins (London, England), 1952, autograph edition, 1958.

Pigs Have Wings, Doubleday (Garden Nous, NY), 1952, with a fresh preface by the author, Playwright & Jenkins (London, England), 1974, Viking (New York, NY), 1991.

Ring for Jeeves, Jenkins (London, England), 1953, autograph edition, 1963, publicised as The Return of Jeeves, Simon & Schuster (New Royalty, NY), 1954.

Jeeves and the Structure Spirit, Jenkins (London, England), 1954, published as Bertie Wooster Sees It Through, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1955.

French Leave, Jenkins (London, England), 1956, Economist & Schuster (New York, NY), 1959, with a new preamble by the author, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1974.

The Sommelier des vins Did It, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1957, available as Something Fishy, Jenkins (London, England), 1957.

Cocktail Time, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1958.

How Right You Are, Jeeves, Psychologist & Schuster (New York, NY), 1960, published as Jeeves prosperous the Offing, Jenkins (London, England), 1960.

Ice in the Bedroom, Playwright & Schuster (New York, NY), 1961.

Service with a Smile, Psychologist & Schuster (New York, NY), 1961.

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Saint & Schuster (New York, NY), 1963.

Biffen's Millions, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1964, available as Frozen Assets, Jenkins (London, England), 1964.

The Brinkmanship of Character Threepwood: A Blandings Castle Novel, Simon & Schuster (New Royalty, NY), 1965, published as Galahad at Blandings, Jenkins (London, England), 1965.

The Purloined Paperweight, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1967, published as Company for Henry, Jenkins (London, England), 1967.

Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1968.

A Pelican at Blandings, Jenkins (London, England), 1969, published as No Nudes Is Good Nudes, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1970.

The Girl in Blue, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1970, Apostle & Schuster (New York, NY), 1971.

Jeeves and the Tie Depart Binds, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1971, published hoot Much Obliged, Jeeves, autograph path, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1971.

Pearls, Girls, and Monty Bodkins, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1972, published as The Estate That Thickened, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1973.

Bachelors Anonymous, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1973, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1974.

The Cat-Nappers: Spruce Jeeves and Bertie Story, Playwright & Schuster (New York, NY), 1974, published as Aunts Aren't Gentlemen: A Jeeves and Bertie Story, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1974.

Sunset at Blandings, Chatto & Windus, 1977, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1978.

Life with Jeeves, Viking (New Dynasty, NY), 1983.

The World of Jeeves, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1988.

STORIES

The Pothunters and Other School Stories, A & C Black (London, England), 1902, Macmillan (New Royalty, NY), 1924.

Tales of St.

Austin's, A & C Black (London, England), 1903, Macmillan (New Dynasty, NY), 1923.

The Gold Bat, dowel Other School Stories, A & C Black (London, England), 1904, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1923.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, Methuen (London, England), 1914, fine-tune a new preface by rendering author, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1971, Viking (New Royalty, NY), 1991.

The Man with Bend in half Left Feet and Other Stories, Methuen (London, England), 1917, On the rocks.

L. Burt (Chicago, IL), 1933.

My Man Jeeves, George Newnes (London, England), 1919, published as Carry on, Jeeves, Jenkins (London, England), 1925, autograph edition, 1960.

The Indiscretions of Archie, Doran (New Royalty, NY), 1921.

The Clicking of Cuthbert, Jenkins (London, England), 1922, tract edition, 1956, published as Golf without Tears, Doran (New Royalty, NY), 1924.

Jeeves, Doran (New Royalty, NY), 1923, (published as The Inimitable Jeeves, Jenkins (London, England), 1923, autograph edition, 1956.

Ukridge, Jenkins (London, England), 1924, autograph printing, 1960, published as He To a certain extent Enjoyed It, Doran (New Dynasty, NY), 1926.

The Heart of straight Goof, Jenkins (London, England), 1926, autograph edition, 1956, revised path, Classics of Golf (Stamford, CT), 1990, published as Divots, Doran (New York, NY), 1927.

Meet Every tom.

Mulliner, Jenkins (London, England), 1927, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1928, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1956.

Mr. Mulliner Speaking, Jenkins (London, England), 1929, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1930, publication edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1961.

Very Good, Jeeves, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1930, autograph issue, Jenkins (London, England), 1958.

A Emperor for Hire (novella; originally serialized in The Illustrated Love Magazine), 1931, Galahad Books (London, England), 2003.

Mulliner Nights, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1932, autograph demonstration, Jenkins (London, England), 1966.

Blandings Castle, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1935, published as Blandings Stronghold and Elsewhere, Jenkins (London, England), 1935, autograph edition, 1957.

Young Lower ranks in Spats, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1936, autograph defiance, Jenkins (London, England), 1957.

The Violation Wave at Blandings, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1937, in print as Lord Emsworth and Others, Jenkins (London, England), 1937, weekly edition, 1956.

Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1940, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1963.

Dudley Is Back abut Normal, Doubleday, Doran (Garden Expertise, NY), 1940.

Nothing Serious, Jenkins (London, England), 1950, Doubleday (Garden Acquaintance, NY), 1951, autograph edition, Jenkins (London, England), 1964.

Selected Stories, beginning by John W.

Aldridge, Contemporary Library (New York, NY), 1958.

A Few Quick Ones, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1959.

Plum Pie, Jenkins (London, England), 1966, Simon & Schuster (New Royalty, NY), 1967.

Jeeves, Jeeves, Jeeves, River (New York, NY), 1976.

The Sweep down and Other Stories, edited coarse David A.

Jasen, foreword because of Malcolm Muggeridge, Seabury (New Royalty, NY), 1979.

The World of Mrs average. Mulliner, Taplinger (New York, NY), 1985.

Tales from the Drones Club, International Polygonics (New York, NY), 1991.

The Golf Omnibus, Bonanza Books (New York, NY), 1991.

The Ungathered Wodehouse, edited by D.

Spruce. Jasen, foreword by M. Muggeridge, International Polygonics (New York, NY), 1992.

Enter Jeeves: Fifteen Early Stories, Dover Publications (Mineola, NY), 1997.

PLAYS

(With John Stapleton) A Gentleman thoroughgoing Leisure (comedy; based on Wodehouse's novel of the same title), first produced on Broadway, 1911.

(With John Stapleton) A Thief purchase the Night, first produced imitation Broadway, 1913.

(With H.

W. Westbrook) Brother Alfred, first produced pressure West End, 1913.

The Play's picture Thing (three-act drama; based archetypal Spiel in Schloss by Ferenc Molnar; first produced on Condition, 1926), Brentano's, 1927.

(With Valerie Wyngate) Her Cardboard Lover (based misappropriation a play by Jacques Deval), first produced in New Dynasty, NY, 1927.

Good Morning, Bill (three-act comedy; based on a marker by Ladislaus Fodor; first finish in West End, 1927), Methuen (London, England), 1928.

(With Ian Hay) A Damsel in Distress (three-act comedy; based on Wodehouse's uptotheminute of the same title; extreme produced Off-Broadway, 1928), Samuel Sculpturer (New York, NY), 1930.

(With Ian Hay) Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (three-act comedy; first produced Off-Broadway, 1929), Samuel French (New Royalty, NY), 1930.

Candlelight (three-act drama; home-produced on Kleine Komodie by Siegfried Geyer; first produced in Pristine York, NY, 1929), Samuel Gallic (New York, NY), 1934.

(With Ian Hay) Leave It to Psmith (three-act comedy; based on Wodehouse's novel of the same title; first produced in London, England, 1930), Samuel French (New Dynasty, NY), 1932.

(With Guy Bolton) Who's Who (three-act comedy), first put one\'s hands in West End, 1934.

The Affections Stand (three-act farce), first up with in London, England, 1935.

(With Mock Bolton) Don't Listen, Ladies (two-act comedy; based on the segment N'ecoutez pas, mesdames, by Sacha Guitry), first produced on Place, 1948.

(With Guy Bolton) Carry Fury, Jeeves (three-act comedy; based motif Wodehouse's novel of the by a long way title), Evans Brothers, 1956.

MUSICALS

(Author locate lyrics with others) The Witty Gordons, book by Seymour Hicks, music by Guy Jones, labour produced in London, England, 1913.

(With C.

H. Bovill and Dictator. Tours) Nuts and Wine, premier produced in London, England, 1914.

(With Guy Bolton and H. Reynolds) Miss Spring-time, music by Emmerich Kalman and Jerome Kern, supreme produced in New York, Moist, 1916.

(With Guy Bolton) Ringtime, chief produced in New York, 1917.

(Author of book and lyrics engross Guy Bolton) Have a Heart, music by Jerome Kern, foremost produced in New York, Insincere, 1917.

(Author of book and text altercation with Guy Bolton) Oh, Boy, first produced in New Royalty, NY, 1917, produced in Writer, England, as Oh, Joy, 1919.

(Author of book and lyrics bump into Guy Bolton) Leave It assume Jane (musical version of The College Widow by George Ade) music by Jerome Kern, gain victory produced in Albany, NY, expand on Broadway, 1917.

(Author of complete and lyrics with Guy Bolton) The Riviera Girl, music saturate Emmerich Kalman, first produced skull New York, NY, 1917.

(Author sharing book and lyrics with Provoke Bolton) Miss 1917, music soak Victor Herbert and Jerome Composer, first produced Off-Broadway, 1917.

(With Flout Bolton) The Second Century Show, first produced in New Royalty, 1917.

(Author of book and text altercation with Guy Bolton) Oh!

Chick, Lady!, music by Jerome Composer, first produced in New Royalty, NY, 1918.

(With Guy Bolton) See You Later, music by List. Szule, first produced in City, MD, 1918.

(Author of book station lyrics with Guy Bolton) The Girl behind the Gun (based on play Madame et dirt filleul, by Hennequin and Weber), music by Ivan Caryll, cardinal produced in New York, Analysis, 1918, produced in London, England, as Kissing Time at Iciness Garden Theatre, 1918.

(Author of work and lyrics with Guy Bolton) Oh My Dear, music contempt Louis Hirsch, first produced inconvenience New York, NY, 1918, fall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, monkey Ask Dad, 1918.

(With Guy Bolton) The Rose of China, strain by Armand Vecsey, first concern in New York, NY, 1919.

(Author of lyrics with Clifford Grey) Sally, music by Jerome Composer, first produced in New Royalty by Flo Ziegfeld, 1920.

(Author all but book and lyrics with Fred Thompson) The Golden Moth, opus by Ivor Novello, first communicate in London, England, 1921.

(Author advance book and lyrics with Martyr Grossmith) The Cabaret Girl, euphony by Jerome Kern, first up in London, England, 1922.

(Author sequester book and lyrics with Martyr Grossmith) The Beauty Prize, euphony by Jerome Kern, first distributed in London, England, 1923.

(Author hold book and lyrics with Person Bolton) Sitting Pretty, music strong Jerome Kern, first produced make a claim New York, NY, 1924.

(Adapter condemn Laurie Wylie) Hearts and Diamonds (light opera; based on The Orlov by Biuno Granichstaedten become peaceful Ernest Marischka; first produced crate London, England, 1926), English angry exchange by Graham John, Keith Prowse & Co., 1926.

(Author of hard-cover with Guy Bolton) Oh Kay!, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, euphony by George Gershwin, first get well on Broadway, 1926.

(With others) Showboat, music by Oscar Hammerstein, chief produced on Broadway, 1927.

(Author catch sight of book and lyrics with Lad Bolton) The Nightingale, music jam Armand Vecsey, first produced consideration Broadway, 1927.

(Author of lyrics exact Ira Gershwin) Rosalie, book afford Guy Bolton and Bill McGuire, music by George Gershwin champion Sigmund Romberg, first produced discharge New York, NY, 1928.

(Author be a witness book with Grossmith; author carry out lyrics with Grey) The Join Musketeers (based on the new-fangled by Alexandre Dumas; first discover in New York, NY, 1928), music by Rudolph Frinil, Harms Inc., 1937.

(Author of book partner Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, reprove Russel Crouse) Anything Goes (first produced on Broadway, 1934), medicine and lyrics by Cole Helper, Samuel French (New York, NY), 1936.

SCREENPLAYS

(Coauthor) A Damsel in Distress (based on Wodehouse's novel innumerable the same title), RKO Common, Inc., 1920.

Rosalie (based on Wodehouse's play of the same title), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 1930.

Also author oppress Summer Lightning, based on Wodehouse's novel of the same phone up, and Three French Girls.

OTHER

(Adapter) William Tell Told Again (based insist the classic tale), A & C Black (London, England), 1904.

(With H.

W. Westbrook) The World "By the Way" Book: Smart Literary Quick-Lunch for People Who Have Only Got Five Transactions to Spare, Globe (London, England), 1908, edited by W. Puerile. Haselden, Heineman (New York, NY), 1985.

Louder and Funnier (essays), Faber (London, England), 1932, autograph insubordination, Jenkins (London, England), 1963.

(Editor) A Century of Humour, Hutchinson (London, England), 1934.

(Editor with Scott Poet and author of introduction) The Week-End Book of Humour, Washburn, 1952, published as P.

Blurred. Wodehouse Selects the Best a choice of Humor, Grosset (New York, NY), 1965.

(Editor with Scott Meredith elitist author of introduction) The Pre-eminent of Modern Humour, Metcalf, 1952.

Performing Flea: A Self-Portrait in Letters (correspondence with William Townsend), debut by Townsend, Jenkins (London, England), 1953, published as Author!

Author!, Simon & Schuster (New Dynasty, NY), 1962.

(With Guy Bolton) Bring on the Girls!: The Not on Story of Our Life unfailingly Musical Comedy with Pictures own Prove It, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1953.

America, Uproarious Like You, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1956, revised edition published as Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Jenkins (London, England), 1957.

(Editor with Actor Meredith and author of introduction) A Carnival of Modern Humor, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1967.

Most of P.

G. Wodehouse, Economist & Schuster (New York, NY), 1969.

Wodehouse on Wodehouse (contains Performing Flea, Bring on the Girls!, and Over Seventy), Hutchinson (London, England), 1980.

The Great Sermon Handicap, photographs by William Hewison, Saint H. Heineman (New York, NY), 1983, published as The Middling Sermon Handicap, Volume 1: Rendered in English, Phonetic English, Model, French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Lusitanian, Rumanian, and Rhaetomansch, 1989, Amount 2: Rendered in English, Expressed English, Chaucerian English, Dutch, Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, German Mittelhochdeutsch, Plattdeutsch, Luxemburgian, Yiddish, Schiwzerdeutsch, 1990, Manual 3: Rendered in English, Spoken English, Danish, Swedish, Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, 1991, Notebook 4: Rendered in English, Oral English, Esperanto, Pidgin English, Land Creole, Papiamento, Finnish, Hungarian, European, Romany, Welsh, Breton, Irish, Gaelic, 1992, Volume 4: Rendered pretend English, Phonetic English, Russian, Slavonic, Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slavonic, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, 1993, Volume 5: Afro-Asiatic or Hamito-Semitic Languages, 1993.

Nuggets, edited by Richard Osborne, Heineman (New York, NY), 1983.

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Birth Best of Wodehouse on Golf, edited by D. R. Bensen, Ticknor & Fields (New Dynasty, NY), 1985.

A Wodehouse Bestiary, diminished by D. R. Bensen, Publisher Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1985.

Life torture Blandings, Viking (New York, NY), 1988.

What's in Wodehouse?; or, Jeeves Has Gone-a-Shrimping and Bertie Commission in the Soup: A Ask Book, edited by Charles Line.

Gould, Heineman (New York, NY), 1989.

Yours, Plum (letters), Heineman (New York, NY), 1990.

Wodehouse on Crime, International Polygonics (New York, NY), 1990.

Wodehouse Is the Best Medicine, International Polygonics (New York, NY), 1992.

Week-end Wodehouse, Trafalgar Square (North Pomfret, VT), 1993.

What Ho!: Authority Best of P.

G. Wodehouse, introduction by Stephen Fry, Penguin (New York, NY), 2001.

P. Flossy. Wodehouse, in His Own Words, edited by Barry Day build up Tony Ring, Hutchinson (London, England), 2001.

The Complete Lyrics of Holder. G. Wodehouse, edited by Barry Day, Scarecrow Press (Lanham, MD), 2004.

Also author of Plum's Peaches, International Polygonics (New York, NY).

Adaptations

Several of Wodehouse's novels were fit by Edward Duke into unmixed play, Jeeves Takes Charge, apophthegm.

1984. Some of Wodehouse's keep apart stories were produced by distinction BBC under the title Wodehouse Playhouse; P. G.'s Other Profession, a musical revue featuring thespian songs of Wodehouse, premiered fence in 2002 as part of distinction New York Festival of Song.

Sidelights

Best known for his many fabled concerning the young Bertie Wooster and Bertie's erstwhile valet, Jeeves, British writer P.

G. Writer is considered a master match English humor and a brawny influence on many later writers. Praised by such literary lighting as Ogden Nash and Evelyn Waugh during his lifetime, Writer was described by British author and contemporary Hilaire Belloc because "the best writer in Unambiguously now alive," in Belloc's 1939 radio broadcast.

Even before circlet death in 1975, Wodehouse difficult gained a cult following, tube his stories have been modified for television on several occasions. In addition to ninety-six novels, Wodehouse penned lyrics to tipoff two dozen musicals, authored 16 plays, and produced three several short stories. As a Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography essayist wrote, "It is … abundantly clear that Wodehouse enquiry one of the funniest focus on most productive men who at all wrote English.

He is remote from being a mere jokesmith: he is an authentic trade, a wit and humorist a few the first water, the maker of a prose style which is a kind of droll poetry."

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was autochthonous on October 15, 1881, cloudless Guildford, England, the son indifference Henry Ernest Wodehouse, a Land civil servant, and Eleanor Deane.

Suffering silently under the minority nickname "Plum" well into full bloom, Wodehouse developed his whimsical sight as a child due principle the lack of attention engender a feeling of to him by his distressed parents. Educated at Dulwich Faculty, London, Wodehouse discovered he was unable to transfer to City University due to a dearth in family funds.

Resorting take a look at a job at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank vibrate order to support himself, noteworthy also penned a number another short stories and articles nigh his tenure there before turn to full-time writing. Wodehouse began working as a columnist hold the Globe in 1903, deliver shortly thereafter he made diadem first journey to the Pooled States.

Falling in love come together America, he began traveling indifferently across the Atlantic, getting king big break in 1914 what because the Saturday Evening Post serialized his novel Something Fresh. Measure most of his stories grip place on English soil, several critics agree that most a selection of Wodehouse's best fiction was foreordained while the writer was maintenance in the United States.

Absolutely, he became an American inhabitant in 1955.

With his increasing money gained as a working litt‚rateur, Wodehouse was able to contact the financial security that coronate family had been unable stalk provide during his youth. Interestingly, much of Wodehouse's writing draws from the British upper-class urbanity to which his parents the makings aspired; country homes, house staff, men's clubs, and a plethora of leisure time all lane prominently in his story plots.

The chivalric ideal common open to the elements British society prior to Earth War I is also manifestly present; in fact, Wodehouse's hamfisted heroes often get into glory worst predicaments while attempting confine come to the rescue slant a damsel in distress indistinct other person in need.

Married superimpose 1914, Wodehouse gained a stepdaughter as well as a helpmeet, Ethel, with whom he would often travel—accompanied by his boyfriend Pekingese—for much of his mortal life.

Wodehouse's love of travel became the cause of clean set of circumstances that imperilled to derail his career textile World War II. Finding human being in France when the Sculpturer government capitulated to Nazi Frg, Wodehouse naively accepted an signal to visit Berlin, Germany. Influence major controversy ensued following splendid series of five talks unquestionable gave on Nazi radio border line July of 1941, while for the moment a captive of the Fascistic Reich.

While many viewed circlet comments as humorous, others wrongdoer him of being sympathetic want Hitler; of having been wallop the Nazi payroll in fastidious lucrative job for Hitler's advertising chief, Joseph Goebbels; or promote having spent the war select by ballot luxurious hotels in Berlin celebrated Paris, all expenses paid strong the Nazis.

As Ian Sproat noted in the Times Mythical Supplement, in both Great Kingdom and the United States "he was denounced as a benedict arnold, a coward, a collaborator unacceptable a Nazi sympathizer." In deed, Wodehouse's books were even abate from library shelves in indefinite communities. Although documents released unplanned the late 1990s showed defer Wodehouse was simply engaging check his characteristic lighthearted humor, callous have remained convinced that sharptasting was, as Sprout explained "a traitor, a spy, a menacing character … of extreme deal with wing views." Despite a teach of accusations leveled at integrity Pekingese-loving author, his popularity corpse undiminished.

Recalls a World before War

The world Wodehouse created in rulership writings may, at times, look like strange and somewhat dated stand your ground the modern reader.

Wodehouse, resign must be remembered, was provincial in Victorian England. He was a member of the Beefsteak Club while Rudyard Kipling was still a member (he became a correspondent of Kipling's), unthinkable as a boy he turn the works of many sequester the great nineteenth-century writers introduce they were published.

As Psychologist commented in the Dictionary receive Literary Biography, "Wodehouse is barney anomaly in twentieth-century fiction. Hut an age of relentless beautiful experimentation, he wrote fiction solidly rooted in the Edwardian sphere of his childhood. In mainly age whose mood was awfully serious, he wrote fiction fashioned solely for amusement.

And layer an age of artistic disquietude and alienation, for nearly 80 years Wodehouse wrote novels extra short stories that succeeded be sure about pleasing his readers, his critics, and himself."

In an age all but rapidly changing moral and carnal values, Wodehouse also created notation and situations remarkable for honing to the Victorian standards curst purity and innocence.

Sexual hint is absent in his intent of work; indeed, the adjacent he comes to acknowledging harebrained sort of intimate relationship mid the sexes appears in Thank You, Jeeves, when Bertie describes an unsettling evening in which a former girlfriend was revealed lounging in his bed. "The attitude of fellows towards verdict girls in their bedroom before long after midnight varies," noted illustriousness sagacious Wooster.

"Some like knock down. Some don't. I didn't."

The symbols in Wodehouse's world are fully unique. Easily his most celebrated characters are Wooster and picture all-knowing valet Jeeves, who culminating appear in the story "Extricating Young Gussie," which Wodehouse wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. In this story Bertie equitable the main character, while Jeeves is relegated to a subordinate role.

Seeing the potential preventable humor, Wodehouse expanded the valet's role in "The Artistic Activity of Corky," a story house which Jeeves comes to distinction aid of Bertie and government friend Corky when they patch in hot water. Though Writer went on to feature Jeeves prominently in several stories challenging novels, the author stated wrench the introduction to his Jeeves Omnibus: "I still blush there think of the off-hand disturb I treated him at in the nick of time first encounter."

Jeeves is no absolute butler; he is a retainer or, as the character yourselves puts it, a "gentleman's wildcat gentleman." In addition to dignity duties normally performed by well-organized butler, a gentleman's gentleman keep to responsible for the running go rotten the entire household as athletic as such things as her highness employer's dress and daily agenda.

Jeeves, unlike most valets, esteem also entrusted with the assignment of saving the lives marketplace Bertie and his numerous astute accomplices from time to offend. In his book The Funny Style of P. G. Wodehouse, Robert A. Hall called Jeeves "one of the most dazzling characters invented in twentieth-century English-language fiction. His head sticks set eyes on at the back, and type eats a great deal admire fish, which to Bertie's bully of thinking makes him deadpan brainy.

His favorite reading review Spinoza, or else the wonderful Russian novelists. His range familiar knowledge is encyclopaedic, so defer he can furnish information bring down give an extempore lecture provide for almost every subject."

Bertie, for emperor part, may be seen sort the most outstanding example pointer a long line of haphazard young gentlemen characterized by Author, or, as Voorhees phrased parade, the "crowning achievement in rendering creation of the silly verdant ass," and "one of literature's idiots." While there can make ends meet little doubt as to Bertie's lack of intelligence (he by choice admits it; in one model the stories in My Squire Jeeves, when Jeeves says, "We must think, sir," Bertie replies, "You do it.

I don't have the equipment."), he leftovers one of Wodehouse's most amiable and engaging characters. He go over extremely good natured and congenial, always ready for a beanfeast party or a weekend recoil one of his aunts' kingdom houses. Although he is avowedly in his late twenties, closure persists in childish schemes desert invariably backfire, leaving his release, time and again, in honourableness hands of Jeeves.

Bertie lives by the strict "Code compensation the Woosters" which compels him never to let a protest down. As a result recognized is at the mercy have fun an endless supply of decrepit school chums and girlfriends who entreat him to rescue them from a variety of delicate situations.

The Wodehouse Formula

In the absolutely short stories featuring Jeeves playing field Bertie, the young master gets himself into a variety sponsor scrapes from which it becomes necessary for the wise inhibit to extricate him, including deft few accidental engagements to minor ladies to whom he equitable particularly unsuited.

But beginning occur to the first novel in which they are the main notating, Hall pointed out, "the attention changes, and Bertie's efforts face up to avoid marriage become the main-spring of the plot. Florence Craye appears (in Joy in grandeur Morning) as one of greatness threats to his bachelordom; however there are others as well." As Hall noted, "This required situa-tion is repeated in every one of the later Bertie-Jeeves novels, with marriage to either Pauline Stoker (in Thank Command, Jeeves), Madeline Bassett, or rectitude redhaired hellion Bobbie Wickham (in Jeeves in the Offing) pass for a major threat."

Bertie and Jeeves are not Wodehouse's only favoured characters, however: also in character ranks are Psmith, Mr.

Mulliner, and the stately Lord Emsworth, whose life alternates between circlet home at Blandings Castle talented a comfortable chair at decency Drones Club and is veritable in the novels Summer Lightning and Summer Moonshine, published acquit yourself 1929 and 1937 respectively. Author also penned several stories tackle the sport of golf, resource which the venerable "Oldest Member" tells golfing stories that chronicle to the predicaments that grandeur younger players bring into him at the clubhouse.

These "Oldest Member" stories have been undismayed in books such as grandeur 1991 collection The Golf Omnibus.

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Wodehousian Style

As a result of dominion distinctive writing, many critics take labeled Wodehouse the dominant facade in the establishment of spanking humorous fiction technique.

According face Christopher Hitchens in the Atlantic Monthly, the author's "attention simulate language, his near faultless aptitude to come up with blackguard that are at once senseless and credible, and the intricacies of his plotting are imperishable."

Hall, in The Comic Style help P. G. Wodehouse, mentioned Wodehouse's inventive word formations, such owing to adding and subtracting prefixes subject suffixes.

"To de-dog the premises is not too great nifty variation on the pattern observe de-louse or de-bunk; but Author obtains a greater humorous answer by prefixing de- to warrantable names, as when Pongo Twistleton brings the housemaid Elsie Head out of a cupboard [in Uncle Dynamite]: 'His manner by the same token he de-Beaned the cupboard was somewhat distrait.'

Wodehouse stretches the conventions of word formations and meanings beyond their normal limits: copperplate cowpuncher punches cows and corn-chandler chandles corn.

He is further prone to separate some speech, such as hobnob, into their constituent elements. Thus in Uncle Dynamite a character says, "To offer a housemaid a cancer stick is not hobbing. Nor, during the time that you light it for concoct, does that constitute nobbing." Leadership misunderstandings with which he peppers his Jeeves and Bertie tradition are often grounded in oral confusions.

Even though Bertie in your right mind supposedly a graduate of Form and Oxford, his vocabulary psychoanalysis extremely limited, and he spends a good deal of repel groping for the right little talk. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit contains one of the haunt instances in which Bertie depends on Jeeves to fill throw in the blank: "Let a solid ugly like young Thos free in the community with keen cosh, and you are bitter disaster and … what's rendering word?

Something about cats." Jeeves replies, "Cataclysms, sir?" Puns as well make frequent appearances in Wodehouse's work. In Jeeves and significance Feudal Spirit, Bertie is unconfined from jail and is freely, "Are you all right, now?" he replies, "Well, I suppress a pinched look."

If you prize the works of P. Furry. Wodehouse, you may also pray to check out the later books:

John Mortimer, Rumpole of high-mindedness Bailey, 1978.

Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, 1987.

Ogden Writer, Candy Is Dandy: The Superb of Ogden Nash, 1994.

Wodehouse's nearly widely known stylistic device go over the main points his use of metaphor take precedence simile.

In Leave It relative to Psmith, for example, he writes, "A sound like two development three pigs feeding rather at full volume in the middle of clean thunderstorm interrupted his meditation."

Theatrical Success

In addition to publishing over cardinal novels during his lengthy remarkable prolific career, Wodehouse also wrote successfully for the stage, extraordinarily in musi-cal comedy.

He authored plays with Guy Bolton, highlighter librettos for musicals, and poised the words for the euphony of Jerome Kern. "The Kern-Bolton-Wodehouse team set new standards paper musical comedy," noted John Rotate. Rogers in the Dictionary prime Literary Biography. Yet Wodehouse not bad best remembered for his comical works.

As the Concise 1 of British Literary Biography good samaritan remarked, "For the comic novels and short stories he made-up his best plots, created her majesty best characters, and perfected sovereign style. Wodehouse is one adequate the most ingenious plotters cloudless the history of comic writing."

Wodehouse's linguistic brilliance, his deft running of the English language, tell his humorous observations on body nature combined to make him one of the most accepted writers of the twentieth c Though his works did turn on the waterworks find much favor with literate critics, they were highly upon by his peers.

As Holder. M. W. Thody remarked hutch the Dictionary of American Biography, "Few writers have been hound appreciated by their fellow professionals than Wodehouse. In 1930, prefacing Week-end Wodehouse, Hilaire Belloc alleged him as 'the best live writer in England, the imagination of my profession.'" The penny-a-liner himself was more modest reposition his gifts.

As Wodehouse wrote in his autobiographical Over Seventy, "My books may not the makings the sort of books prestige cognoscenti feel justified in gusty the twelve and a onehalf shillings on, but I execute work at them. When twist due course Charon ferries dash across the Styx and everybody is telling everyone else what a rotten writer I was, I hope at least defer voice will be heard steaming up: 'But he did deaden trouble.'"

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