What Ho!
The Best of Wodehouse
$35.22
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2011
Summary
A compilation of the best writing from perhaps the funniest writer we’ve ever had.
We all know Jeeves and Wooster, but which is the best Jeeves story? We all know Blandings, but which is the funniest tale about Lord Emsworth and his adored prize-winning pig? And would the best of Ukridge, or the yarns of the Oldest Member, or Wodehouse’s Hollywood stories outdo them?
This bumper anthology allows you to choose, bringing you the cream of the crop of stories by the twentieth cent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099551287 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099551284 |
| Author: | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 133mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Arrow Books |
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Critics Review
Sublime comic genius … light as a feather, but fabulous – Ben EltonP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century – Sebastian Faulks * Independent on Sunday *Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer – Douglas AdamsThe funniest writer ever to put words on paper – Hugh LaurieWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny – Arabella WeirMr Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in – Evelyn Waugh in a BBC broadcastThe head of my profession – Hilaire Belloc
About The Author
P.G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’.
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