Bøker av P. G. Wodehouse

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.

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.

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.

¿Buenos días, Jeeves ¿dije. ¿Buenos días, señor ¿dijo Jeeves. Dejó suavemente la taza de té sobre mi mesita de noche, y yo bebí un sorbo de la reconfortante bebida. Estaba en su punto, como siempre. Ni demasiado caliente ni demasiado dulce, ni demasiado floja ni demasiado fuerte, no tenía demasiada leche y ni una sola gota se había derramado sobre el platito. Era un tipo asombroso este Jeeves, siempre tan capacitado en todo género de cosas. Lo he dicho en otras ocasiones y lo repetiré de nuevo. Aquí tienen ustedes un pequeño ejemplo. Todos los demás criados que habían estado a mi servicio irrumpían en mi habitación cuando aún me encontraba dormido, y esto era un terrible suplicio para mí: pero Jeeves parece saber, mediante una especie de telepatía, el momento justo en que me despierto. Entra siempre con la taza sin hacer el menor ruido exactamente dos minutos después de haber vuelto yo a la vida. Esto constituye una notable diferencia en el comienzo del día de un individuo.

¿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.

The Little Nugget, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The Little Warrior, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The Prince And Betty is a humorous fictional book written by P. G. Wodehouse is based on a story that begins with young American John Maude, who is forced to look for work after falling in love with high-society girl Betty Silver. When offered the chance to go to the tiny island in the country, Mervo, Maude accepts. There, he is employed by wealthy personality, Benjamin Scobell, who has plans to establish a casino there that would compete with Monte Carlo. As a draw for his casino, Scobell wants Maude to pose as the vanished Prince of Mervo. Moreover, Scobell wants John to marry his stepdaughter, who is eventually Betty Silver. John shuts down the casino and attempts to orchestrate a revolution that would turn Mervo into a democratic state after Betty accuses him of being a forger. Will John and Betty get married to each other? After this democratic revolution, who will run the casino, and how will John and Betty spend their life? To read this romantic and comic story, readers can read the novel to find out the surprising result!

P. G. Wodehouse's short comic book, The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England, was originally made available in the UK on April 16, 1909, by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London. A Tale of the Great Invasion has the subtitles. The Military Invasion of America and A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1916 were the titles of a modified and greatly condensed version that was published in the July and August 1915 issues of Vanity Fair. When the story was included in the anthology The Swoop! and Other Stories in 1979, four years after Wodehouse's passing, it was the first to be published in the United States. In The Swoop!, many armies simultaneously invade England "England was not only under the invader's heel. Nine intruders had their heels on it. There was not enough place to stand." - and makes references to a number of well-known historical personalities, including boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, writer Edgar Wallace, politician Herbert Gladstone, and actor-managers Seymour Hicks and George Edwardes. A humorous spoof on the then-popular genre of invasion novels, The Swoop! Wodehouse "reverses all expectations and changes the established pattern."

The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by British author P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally released in the US on February 1, 1933, by A. L. Burt and Co., New York, and on March 8, 1917, in the UK by Methuen & Co., London. The Strand Magazine in the UK and The Red Book Magazine or The Saturday Evening Post in the US were the two journals where each story had previously been published. It is a compilation of various stories, some of which are more serious than Wodehouse's better-known comedy fiction. Although one humorous story, "Extricating Young Gussie," is notable for featuring two of Wodehouse's most well-known characters, Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster (although Bertie's surname is withheld and Jeeves's role is very small), as well as Bertie's dreaded Aunt Agatha, Wodehouse biographer Richard Usborne claimed that the collection was "mostly sentimental apprentice work." Henry Pitfield Rice is a young man employed in a detective bureau. He falls in love with chorus girl Alice Weston, but she refuses to marry someone in her profession. Since he can't sing or dance, Henry tries to find a job on the stage but is unsuccessful.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories is an anthology of short stories written by P.G. Wodehouse. Most of the stories deal with the subject of romance and love. Majority of the stories initially got published in Cosmopolitan, Collier's Weekly, and the Strand Magazine. Later on, they were also made available to readers in the US in The Swoop! And Other Stories (1979) and The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976). The first story in the collection "The Man Upstairs", is a story about a rich man disguising himself as a middle class, untalented artist to get close to Annette, a girl he fell in love with at first sight. Following the story of a rebellious girl who is sent to a village in Hampshire by her father, "Something to Worry About" gives us a look into the psyche of Sally, a movie aficionado, who ends up experiencing a movie-like love story with Tom. Similar to The Man Upstairs, "Deep Waters" follows the story of George Barnert Callender who falls in love at first sight with Mary and pretends to not to know swimming while being an excellent swimmer, just so he could make her acquaintance.

P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves was first published in the UK on May 17, 1923. A number of short stories with the same characters were combined to create the book. It was initially intended to be a collection of stories rather than a single narrative.Everyone immediately turned to Jeeves-man Bertie's when Bertie Wooster or one of his friends found themselves in the soup or dangerously close to the tureen. He was aware of human nature, particularly that of gliding youth.Whether Bertie's cousins Claude and Eustace were playing dido or the hope of an old house had fallen in love with a waitress, Jeeves never let anyone down. He had a good mind.Jeeves was a purist, therefore the only area in which he fell short in the eyes of his master was his inability to constantly follow him in matters involving spats, socks, and ties. This was especially true in the Spring.

The news of his father's financial difficulties dashes a young cricketer's hopes of attending Cambridge University and playing for the team. Feeling lonely, homesick, and sorry for himself, he rents a horrid room in Dulwich and begins work at the New Asiatic Bank. Mr. Waller, a friendly bank employee, makes him a friend and invites him to lunch. On his return, he meets Psmith, also a new employee, in the same department as Mike.He encounters Psmith, who his father arbitrarily put in the same department as him. Although Psmith intends to play with Bickersdyke outside of work, Mike is concerned that their boss has something against them both and that they are helpless.Mr. Bickersdyke, his new boss, disapproves of employees leaving work to participate in the game. Psmith persuades him to pursue law school instead, and they both resign from their positions.