The Uncollected Wodehouse
The Uncollected Wodehouse

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Publisher: International Polygonics

Published: 1999-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558820326

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For all fans of the incomparable and outrageously funny portrayer of English upper-class life, here is a necessary addition to the Wodehouse shelf. Taken mostly from old newspapers and magazines, these previously uncollected articles and short stories were written early in Wodehouse's literary career. Included are the only mystery story Wodehouse ever wrote, the first of his many articles for Punch, a hilarious spoof of the advertising world, amusing accounts of British public school life, and many other collector's delights.

P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2013-02-04

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 0393089878

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The definitive edition of the letters—many previously unpublished—of England’s greatest comic writer. P. G. Wodehouse wrote some of the greatest comic masterpieces of all time. So, naturally, we find the same humor and wit in his letters. He offers hilarious accounts of living in England and France, the effects of prohibition, and how to deal with publishers. He even recounts cricket matches played while in a Nazi internment camp (Wodehouse wanted to show the stiff upper lip of the British in the toughest situations). Over the years, Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe. This is the only book you will need to understand the man behind the characters.

P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master
P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master

Author: Davida Jasen

Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0857127543

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The definitive and authorized biography of one of the greatest literary humorists of all time, first published in 1974, now appears in a revised updated edition.

Encyclopedia of British Humorists
Encyclopedia of British Humorists

Author: Steven H. Gale

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 9780824059903

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Why Don't You Write Something I Might Read ?: Reading Writing & Arrhythmia
Why Don't You Write Something I Might Read ?: Reading Writing & Arrhythmia

Author: Suresh Menon

Publisher: Westland

Published:

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9395073454

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About the Book LITERARY WRITERS OCCASIONALLY WRITE ON THEIR PASSION FOR SPORT. THE TRAFFIC IS SELDOM IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THIS BOOK IS A SMALL ATTEMPT TO REDRESS THAT—A SPORTSWRITER WRITING ON A PASSION FOR LITERATURE. What do Ved Mehta, Gabriel García Márquez and Agatha Christie have in common—apart from being among the most celebrated writers in the world, that is? Their ability to hook the discerning reader and never let go. What have some of these great writers said of their own work? What, for that matter, makes a writer, or a book, ‘great’ and canonical while others that sold millions of copies in their own lifetimes fade into oblivion? How much of a reader’s appreciation of a novel or an essay stems from their own early reading practices and friendships? And why, oh why, do they not give the Nobel to the writers who most deserve it? These are some of the thoughts that centre this eclectic collection of reflections about writers and writing. They seek out the pleasures and the techniques, the spaces and the memories, the little moments and the life-changing sentences that encompass and enrich a reader’s life.