Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. 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. Most of Wodehouse's fiction is set in his native United Kingdom, although he spent much of his life in the US and used New York and Hollywood as settings for some of his novels and short stories. Wodehouse worked extensively on his books, sometimes having two or more in preparation simultaneously. He would take up to two years to build a plot and write a scenario of about thirty thousand words. After the scenario was complete he would write the story. Early in his career he would produce a novel in about three months, but he slowed in old age to around six months. He used a mixture of Edwardian slang, quotations from and allusions to numerous poets, and several literary techniques to produce a prose style that has been compared to comic poetry and musical comedy. Contents: The Novels The Pothunters A Prefect's Uncle The Gold Bat William Tell Told Again The Head of Kay's Love among the Chickens The White Feather Not George Washington The Swoop! Mike A Gentleman of Leisure Psmith in the City The Prince and Betty The Little Nugget Psmith, Journalist Something New Uneasy Money Piccadilly Jim A Damsel in Distress The Coming of Bill 20 Jill the Reckless Indiscretions of Archie The Girl on the Boat The Adventures of Sally The Inimitable Jeeves Leave It to Psmith Sam the Sudden The Small Bachelor The Short Story Collections Tales of St. Austin's The Man Upstairs The Man with Two Left Feet My Man Jeeves The Clicking of Cuthbert Ukridge Carry On, Jeeves The Heart of a Goof

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