Bøger af Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Heavy Weather is a humorous novel by the renowned English author, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. It was first published in 1933 and is set in the fictional English county of Shropshire. The book follows the lives of the eccentric members of the aristocratic Blandings family, who are preparing for the annual Shropshire Agricultural Show. The main protagonist is Lord Emsworth, the absent-minded and somewhat dim-witted head of the Blandings family, who is more interested in his prize-winning pig, the Empress of Blandings, than in his family's affairs.The story revolves around the efforts of various characters to secure the Empress of Blandings for the show, including Lord Emsworth's scheming sister, Lady Constance, who is determined to win the Best in Show trophy at any cost. Other characters include the glamorous American heiress, Miss Hermione Bellville, who is visiting Shropshire, and the hapless private detective, Monty Bodkin, who is hired by Lady Constance to keep an eye on her brother.As the preparations for the show progress, chaos ensues, with mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and a series of hilarious misunderstandings. The book is filled with Wodehouse's trademark wit and clever wordplay, as well as his keen observations of the quirks and foibles of English high society.Overall, Heavy Weather is a delightful and entertaining novel that is sure to appeal to fans of Wodehouse's witty and charming style. It is a classic example of his comic genius and remains a beloved work of English literature to this day.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Little Warrior Pelham Grenville Wodehouse George H. Doran, 1920 Music; Genres & Styles; Musicals; Broadway (New York, N.Y.); Fiction / General; Fiction / Humorous; Fiction / Literary; Humor / General; Long Island (N.Y.); Music / Genres & Styles / Musicals; Musicals; Poor women

Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring ctional character in the Jeeves novels of British author P. G. Wodehouse. An English gentleman, one of the "idle rich" and a member of the Drones Club, he appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligence manages to save Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. As the rst-person narrator of ten novels and over 30 short stories, Bertie ranks as one of the most vivid comic creations in popular literature.A few theatrical lms have appeared based upon or inspired by Wodehouse's novels including the TV series: Jeeves and Wooster (22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, 23 episodes of 55 minutes)- starring double act Fry and Laurie (with Stephen Fry as Jeeves, and Hugh Laurie as Wooster).This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author's words.Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series.

This selection of early Wodehouse stories was assembled for Project Gutenberg. The original publication date of each story is listed in the Table of Contents. Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

The story is told from the point of view of Jeremy Garnet, an author and an old friend of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge. Upon meeting Ukridge for the first time in years, Garnet finds himself dragged along on holiday to Ukridge's newly-started chicken farm. From then on the novel intertwines Garnet's difficult wooing of a girl living the estate with the struggles of the farm, and the neighbourhood, to cope with Ukridge's bizarre business methods.

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It was Sam Marlowe's fate to fall in love with a girl on the R.M.S. "Atlantic" (New York to Southampton) who had ideals. She was looking for a man just like Sir Galahad, and refused to be put off with any inferior substitute. A lucky accident on the first day of the voyage placed Sam for the moment in the Galahad class, but he could not stay the pace. He follows Billie Bennett "around," scheming, blundering and hoping, so does the parrot faced young man Bream Mortimer, Sam's rival. There is a somewhat hectic series of events at Windles, a country house in Hampshire, where Billie's ideals still block the way and Sam comes on in spite of everything. Then comes the moment when Billie.... It is a Wodehouse novel in every sense of the term.

In a moment of absentmindedness, Lord Emsworth helps himself to a priceless relic, leaving its owner to offer a thousand pounds for its return. Pretty soon, Blandings is a madhouse with people tripping over one another to claim the prize.

William FitzWilliam Delamere Chalmers, Lord Dawlish, is hard-up for money. When he is unexpectedly bequeathed a million pounds by an American he once helped at golf, and furthermore learns that the millionaire left his niece and nephew only twenty pounds, he is uneasy. He endeavors to approach them and see if he can fix up something, like giving them half the inheritance. He discovers that it can be difficult to give money away.

Something New opens the adventures at Blanding Castle and introduces some of P.G. Wodehouse's beloved recurring characters and locations. Both Freddie and Aline are pleased with the arrangement when they become engaged. The engagement gives them both, who come from affluent and illustrious families, a greater social status.But Freddie starts to worry that past letters he wrote to an ex might endanger the engagement. Freddie hires a shady fixer to get the letters out of desperation. American millionaire J. Preston Peters, who is the father of Aline, extends an invitation to Freddie's father, the Earl of Emsworth, to visit his residence. Peters tries to impress Emsworth with his extensive collection of beetles while the two men chat casually there. But when Emsworth mistakenly steals Peters' most valuable beetle and puts it in his pocket, a passive-aggressive confrontation develops.Peters has suspicions about the other guy, but he is hesitant to approach him out of concern for their children's relationship. As an alternative, he posts a prize for its return, encouraging a gang of greedy thieves to take the beetle for themselves. Aline and Freddie battle to keep their engagement alive in the face of conflicting dads, a gang of robbers, a dubious fixer, and a missing beetle.