Bøger af P. G. Wodehouse

After inheriting a fortune, and just back to New York from a cruise on which he spotted an intriguing young woman, Jimmy Pitt is drifting. So after seeing a blockbuster play about a gentleman thief, he¿s ready to bet his friends at the Strollers¿ Club that he could pull off a burglary himself. That night he makes friends with a real-life ¿Bowery Boy¿ thief, who helps him break into a corrupt police captain¿s house, and everyone gets way more than they bargained for. Later, the action moves to the Earl of Dreever¿s castle in England. There, the misunderstandings, threats, cheating, and confusion only multiply, requiring all of Jimmy¿s wits and daring to clear up.In this short novel, P. G. Wodehouse takes on many of the themes his fans will recognize from his Jeeves and Wooster books: the ridiculous upper class, the frequent need to hide one¿s suspicious origins (while uncovering those of others), and the importance of amateur theatricals, dressing for dinner, champagne, and true love.First published in 1910, A Gentleman of Leisure has also appeared in several other versions, under the titles The Gem Collector and The Intrusion of Jimmy. It was also adapted into a Broadway play that starred Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and silent movie versions followed in 1915 and 1923. This Standard Ebook is based on the edition published in 1921 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.

An American composer, George Bevan, falls in love with a mysterious young lady who takes refuge in his taxicab one day. He tracks her down to an English country manor, where a case of mistaken identity leads to all manner of comedy and excitement.The novel was first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in 1919. It was later adapted into a silent film, a stage play, and a musical starring Fred Astaire.

Piccadilly Jim, by P. G. Wodehouse, was first published on February 24, 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company in New York. It was subsequently published in London in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins. It is based on a story originally published in the Saturday Evening Post from September 16 to November 11, 1916. The book sees Jimmy Crocker, also known as ¿Piccadilly Jim,¿ trying to escape his increasingly bad reputation by returning to New York from London. On the way, he meets and falls in love with Ann Chester, and agrees to help her kidnap Ogden, her cousin, for his own good. Their plans go awry and become more convoluted as impersonations, explosives and a determined detective get in the way.

Mike Jackson is the youngest son of a family of excellent cricket players and the most promising batsman of them all. At Wrykyn, the public school his elder brothers once attended, his desire to prove himself as a cricketer is challenged by his apathy for studying and his penchant for mischief. In the second half of the novel, his poor academics result in his being sent to Sedleigh, where he immediately befriends Psmith, an eccentric monocle-wearing student in a similar situation. Together they navigate the social waters of a school that neither one of them wants to attend.Mike was one of P. G. Wodehouse¿s earlier novels, and one of his personal favorites. In a preface to a later edition, he stated that the school setting allowed Psmith¿s ¿bland clashings with Authority¿ to truly shine. The cricket scenes are memorable and exciting, but the meat of the story is in Mike and Psmith¿s school escapades.Mike was originally published in The Captain magazine in two parts, Jackson Junior (published in 1953 as Mike at Wrykyn), and The Lost Lambs (also published later as Enter Psmith in 1935 and Mike and Psmith in 1953).

Right Ho, Jeeves is the second novel to feature P. G. Wodehouse¿s popular Bertie Wooster and Jeeves characters. Bertie, a member of the English upper class and one of the ¿idle rich,¿ tries his best to arrange relationships between two pairs of his friends. Though he means well, Bertie¿s bumbling attempts wind up doing more harm than good (as usual), leaving it to his valet, Jeeves, to see if he can sort things out.A smooth, easy, and often hilarious read, Right Ho, Jeeves is an excellent example of why Bertie Wooster and Jeeves have become such iconic literary figures.

Something New is the first novel of what became known as the ¿Blandings Castle Sagä by P. G. Wodehouse and was published in the United States in 1915. Two Americans, Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine, endeavor to retrieve a scarab pilfered from an American millionaire by the absent-minded Lord Emsworth. Marson and Valentine soon find themselves impersonating servants while evading the Efficient Baxter.The story was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post as Something Fresh in 1915. It introduced who would become the recurring characters of Blandings Castle: Lord Emsworth, Freddie Threepwood, Rupert Baxter, and Sebastian Beach.

School Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that feature the trials, tribulations and adventures of the denizens of the turn-of-the-century English boarding school.First published in schoolboy magazines starting in 1901, the stories originally appeared in publications like The Captain and Public School Magazine. Some were also later collected into books. These stories, written more than a decade before he moved on to his more famous characters like Jeeves and Wooster, represent Wodehouse¿s first magazine sales and showcase his early career. While some of these stories are definitely of a moment, they¿re filled with delightful bits that would be instantly recognizable to students and teachers of any age. Indeed, the stories experienced a bit of a resurgence in the latter part of the 20th century, and remain a worthy part of Wodehouse¿s canon.

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age.Will you support our efforts with a donation?In this, his first novel, P. G. Wodehouse offers a glimpse into the insular world of an English public school scandalized by a recent burglary of its prized sports trophies (¿pots¿) from its cricket pavilion. At first an overzealous master unjustly accuses one of the schoolboys, who happens to be in need of cash to pay a gambling debt owed to his brother. But, thanks to a Scotland Yard inspector brought in especially for the case, the boy is cleared and his promising career among the elite is left intact.Along the way, Wodehouse gives snapshots of the everyday lives of various boys: from dealing with the idiosyncrasies of fellow students, to collecting birds¿ eggs and sneaking a smoke in the nearby woods while avoiding capture by gamekeepers, to cranking out an underground magazine to raise needed funds. Through it all, the boys, along with their headmaster, handle things with wit and aplomb. Consistent with a worldview in which a man ¿should be before anything else a sportsman,¿ sporting contests figure prominently: a boy rises from the canvas to score an unexpected knockout, and another graciously accepts his last-second defeat at the finish line.

Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is one of P. G. Wodehouse¿s less famous characters. He first appears in Love Among the Chickens in 1906 and then continues to make appearances in another 19 short stories until as late as 1966, making him Wodehouse¿s longest running character.Ukridge is an inveterate opportunist, and these stories chronicle his exploits as a young man: his trials and tribulations as one who is destined for greatness, if the rest of the world would only cooperate. Told from the point of view of his long-suffering friend and fellow bachelor ¿Corky¿ Corcoran, they chronicle their many meetings in the years before the period of Love Among the Chickens.As with most of his stories, Wodehouse published the first 10 stories in both the U.S. (Cosmopolitan) and the UK (Strand Magazine) before they were published in the 1924 collection Ukridge.

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age.Will you support our efforts with a donation?Indiscretions of Archie is a comic novel adapted from a set of short stories serialized in the Strand magazine between March 1920 and February 1921 in the United Kingdom and between May 1920 and February 1921 in Cosmopolitan in the United States. The novel was first published in the United Kingdom on February 14, 1921 by Herbert Jenkins and in the United States on July 15, 1921 by George H. Doran.The eponymous Archie is Archibald Moffam, a gaffe-prone but affable Englishman who has found himself living in New York City after the end of the First World War, in which he had served with distinction. After a whirlwind romance Archie marries Lucille, the daughter of wealthy hotel owner and art collector Daniel Brewster. Many of the ensuing events revolve around Archie¿s attempts to win favor with his new father-in-law.

Jeeves Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that feature the adventures of his most famous characters, Jeeves and Wooster. Wooster is a wealthy and idle young English gentleman of the interwar era. Jeeves is his extraordinarily competent valet whose name has since become synonymous with perfect service. The stories follow Wooster in his wanderings about London, around England, and across the Atlantic to New York, with Jeeves following in his wake and striving to keep his employer well-groomed and properly presented. Along the way Jeeves must somehow also manage to extricate Wooster and his friends from the various scrapes and follies they get themselves into.First published as early as 1915, the stories first appeared on both sides of the Atlantic in publications like The Saturday Evening Post and The Strand Magazine. They were later collected into books or reworked into novels. Though only less than 50 of Wodehouse¿s over 300 short stories feature Jeeves and Wooster, they remain his most enduring characters. They¿ve been copied, imitated, and featured in countless interpretations and adaptations. A century later, these stories still are as amusing and entertaining as they were when they were first published.

Psmith, down on his luck, takes out a newspaper advertisement to undertake a job, and the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, younger son of Lord Emsworth, enlists Psmith to steal his Aunt Constance¿s diamond necklace. Psmith inveigles himself into Blandings Castle, posing as a Canadian poet. He falls in love with Eve Halliday and has to survive the suspicious and Efficient Baxter. In the meantime, others in Blandings Castle are also after the necklace.Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the twentieth century. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years.Leave It to Psmith was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the U.S. and in Grand Magazine in the U.K. in 1923. It is the sequel to Psmith, Journalist.

P. G. Wodehouse wrote a short story titled "Death at the Excelsior". A group of visitors had gathered at the Excelsior Hotel for a weekend stay, where the narrative is set. Mr. Peter, one of the visitors, is found dead in his room, reportedly from a heart attack. The hotel manager, though, is skeptical and starts to look into it. As the manager questions the other visitors, he learns that Willard had a significant amount of money with him that has vanished. He starts to believe that Willard was killed, and with the aid of another visitor, he embarks on an investigation to find the killer. The manager and his ally find a succession of evidence as the inquiry goes on that lead them to suspect numerous of the other visitors. In the end, the real offender is identified, and justice is done. The story is typical of Wodehouse's smart and amusing style, with intriguing characters and a clever plot. The narrative is lively and pleasant despite its rather gruesome subject matter, and it showcases Wodehouse's skills as a master of the short story form.

P.G. Wodehouse wrote the book "The Adventures of Sally". The protagonist of the story is Sally Nicholas, a young American heiress who must support herself after her father loses his fortune. In order to reside with her brother Fillmore, who is married to a snobby socialite called Angela, Sally goes to England. When she gets involved in a love triangle with Fillmore's friend, the poor artist Ginger Kemp, and the affluent playboy Wally Mason, Sally quickly finds herself caught up in the intricate social dynamics of English high society. Sally must battle with her brother's clever business partner, the exuberant Uncle Donald, as she navigates the perilous seas of love and money. The story is a fascinating journey through the world of the British upper class, written with Wodehouse's usual wit and humor and full of misidentifications, amusing misunderstandings, and surprising narrative twists. The humorous and enjoyable book "The Adventures of Sally" displays Wodehouse's special gift for comedy storytelling. The book is still regarded as a masterpiece in the "Wodehouse canon" because of its universal themes of love, wealth, and class.

Sally Nicholas is a pretty and popular American woman working as dance partner for hire. Orphaned, she and her brother, Fillmore, has been on their own for years. However, on Sally¿s twenty-first birthday, her life is changed when she learns that she and her brother have inherited a fortune, which they now have access to. Fillmore, who is overly ambitious, and impulsive intends on investing his money in schemes that promise fast wealth, in hopes to accumulate an even bigger fortune. Sally is more of a dreamer. She wants to move into her own apartment, maybe start her own business, but first is set on visiting Europe. Though she plans the trip for her fiancé to join her, he claims to be on the verge of pure genius and is too busy to travel. Disheartened, but not deterred, Sally travels off to Europe. Because of her status as a wealthy and beautiful American, many British men throw themselves at Sally¿s feet, hoping to be her suitor. Sally¿s attention, however, is only won by an awkward redheaded man named Ginger. Concerned by the man¿s history of employment, or rather, his string of briefly kept jobs, Sally tries to take Ginger under her wing and help him find a suitable job. Though, between helping Ginger, keeping an eye on her brother, and nurturing the dreams of her fiancé, Sally finds that even her best intentions go awry and struggles to start managing her own life before she helps others. The Adventures of Sally is widely praised for its convincing and vivid main character, especially since she is one of the few female protagonists utilized in P.G Wodehouse¿s work. With excellent prose and witty word play, The Adventures of Sally is a fun romantic comedy sure to make a lasting impression. This edition of P.G Wodehouse¿s The Adventures of Sally features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in a stylish font, making it both accessible and modern.

Comprising of seven works of short fiction, ranging in genres from crime to tender romance, Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories depict tales of mystery and love with humor. Featuring some of P.G Wodehouse's most famous characters, four of the seven stories follow the misadventures of Jeeves and Bertie or Reggie Pepper. When a friend needs help convincing his uncle to approve of his bride-to-be, Jeeves and Bertie concoct a plan that includes the use of romance novels in Jeeves in the Springtime. Reggie Pepper's trouble takes center stage in The Test Case, when his lover voices her doubts that they could ever marry. Other stories within the collection introduce new characters, including a clever and witty young woman named Eve in The Best Sauce. Working as a paid companion to a woman with a stormy temper, Eve is unhappy but is settled in her bleak condition. However, when a man from her past, Peter Rayner, shows up in hopes to marry Eve, she devises a plan of petty pranks to scare him out of the house. Finally, in the title story, Death at the Excelsior, depicts a thrilling murder-mystery. When a previously healthy sailor is found dead in the Excelsior boarding house, Detective Snyder and his assistant, Oakes, must catch the killer before they strike again. Assembled posthumously, Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories features classic works of P.G Wodehouse's short fiction, sampling from each genre he mastered. With simple language and excellent description, Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories serves as a perfect introduction to P.G Wodehouse and his beloved characters. This edition of Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories is now presented in an easy-to-read font and with a fun, eye-catching cover to cater to contemporary audiences.

""The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories"" is a collection of short stories written by P. G. Wodehouse, a master of comedic writing. First published in 1917, the collection showcases Wodehouse's witty and humorous storytelling style.The book features a variety of humorous tales, often centered around themes of love, relationships, and everyday mishaps. The stories introduce readers to an array of quirky and memorable characters, each navigating comical situations and misunderstandings. With his trademark wordplay and clever plot twists, Wodehouse weaves entertaining narratives that leave readers amused and delighted.

""Leave It To Psmith"" is a novel written by P. G. Wodehouse, a renowned English author known for his humorous and witty writing style. The book was first published in 1923 and is part of Wodehouse's popular Blandings Castle series.The story revolves around the charming and resourceful character of Psmith (pronounced ""Smith""), who is known for his impeccable taste in clothes, his cleverness, and his knack for getting himself into amusing situations. Psmith, along with his friend Mike Jackson, finds himself entangled in a series of comical events at Blandings Castle, a grand country estate in Shropshire, England.

My Man Jeeves" is a collection of short stories by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in 1919. The stories revolve around the character of Jeeves, a highly competent and intelligent butler, and his employer, the affable and often bumbling Bertie Wooster. Jeeves is always on hand to solve Bertie's problems, which often involve eccentric family members, social faux pas, and romantic entanglements. Each story is self-contained and can be read on its own, but they are all tied together by the central characters and their relationships with each other. The stories are humorous, light-hearted, and often satirical, and they have become some of Wodehouse's most beloved works.

"A brilliantly funny writer--perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced." -- The Times (London) Tee up for a humorous tour around P. G. Wodehouse's golf course in this hilarious anthology of nine short golf stories. Wodehouse, the author of the delightfully whimsical tales of hapless aristocrat Bertie Wooster and valet Jeeves, leads readers on an amusing nine-hole course of courtship, friendship, and commerce. The narrator, the golf club's oldest member and an irrepressible raconteur, presents the sport as an eternal metaphor that fits the plight of his captive audience. The collection is loaded with Wodehouse's brilliant humor, piercing satire, and sharp wit and includes "The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh," "Chester Forgets Himself," "The Heart of a Goof," "High Stakes," "Jane Gets Off the Fairway," "Keeping in with Vosper," "The Magic Plus Fours," "The Purification of Rodney Spelvin," and "Rodney Fails to Qualify."

¿Jeeves ¿dije¿. ¿Puedo hablarle con franqueza? ¿Desde luego, señor. ¿Lo que he de decirle puede ofenderle. ¿En absoluto, señor. ¿Bien, en tal caso¿ No, esperen¿, el diálogo queda interrumpido. No sé si a ustedes les sucede lo mismo que a mí. Cuando quiero contar una historia, choco, infaliblemente, contra el obstáculo de no saber cómo comenzar. Un paso en falso basta para echarlo todo a perder. Me explicaré: si al principio contemporizan demasiado, intentando crear lo que suele llamarse atmósfera, y se entretienen en excesivas sutilezas, corren el riesgo de no producir el efecto deseado, fatigando la atención de los oyentes. Si, por otra parte, superan el límite impuesto con un salto digno de un gato escaldado, el auditorio se desconcierta. Por ejemplo, al empezar, con el breve diálogo anterior, la narración de las complicadas aventuras de Gussie Fink-Nottle, de Madeline Bassett, de mi prima Angela, de mi tía Dahlia, de mi tío Thomas, del joven Tuppy Glossop y del cocinero, Anatole, comprendo que he cometido el segundo de estos errores. Es necesario, por tanto, dar un paso atrás. Y, después de observar todos los detalles y de pesar el pro y el contra, me parece poder asegurar que este asunto tuvo su comienzo ¿ésta es la palabra justä con mi excursión a Cannes. Si no hubiese ido yo a Cannes, no habría encontrado a los Bassett, ni adquirido aquella famosa americana blanca. Angela no habría visto el tiburón, ni tía Dahlia jugado al bacarrá.

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