Bøker av P.G. Wodehouse

The titles of the first story in this collection - 'Jeeves Takes Charge' - and the last - 'Bertie Changes His Mind' - sum up the relationship of twentieth-century fiction's most famous comic characters.

Fortunately, her plans are thwarted by a complicated series of events which involves French aristocrats, American crooks, an English novelist and the appalling Senator Opal, whose daughter, Jane, has a mind of her own.

A collection of stories in which familiar characters and places are reintroduced in unfamiliar circumstances, reminding us - if we need reminding - of their author's limitless powers of comic invention.

The result is the lightest of literary soufflees, another instalment in the long-running saga of the Threepwood family, including the head of the clan, Lord Emsworth, his virago sister, Lady Constance, and his debonair brother, the Honourable Galahad Threepwood, ex-boulevardier and solver of romantic problems.

Anyone who involves himself with Roberta Wickham is asking for trouble, so naturally Bertie Wooster finds himself in just that situation when he goes to stay with his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court.

While pursuing the love of his life, American heiress Pauline Stoker, Lord 'Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves, the perfect gentleman's gentleman.

The Honourable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoirs and England's aristocrats are all diving for cover, not least Galahad's formidable sister Lady Constance Keeble who fears that her brother will ruin the family reputation with saucy stories of the 1890s.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY'For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one' MARIAN KEYES'Sunlit perfection' STEPHEN FRY'Wodehouse is as loved as ever, and his vivid prose style and unique comic invention are major contributions to English fiction' GUARDIANA summertime collection of stories at delight and to entertain, fit for Wodehouse fans and anyone who wants an uplifting, amusing read.'Paper has rarely been put to better use' CAITLIN MORAN'Ingenious. Worth reading again and again' SPECTATOR'Incomparable and timeless genius' KATE MOSSE'The funniest writer ever to put words to paper' HUGH LAURIE

A joyous romp through a year of Wodehouse's most treasured stories, month by month. The ultimate gift for anyone who needs cheering throughout the year. All of his treasured characters are here, Jeeves, Smith and, of course, the Empress of Blandings herself.

'Wodehouse is a tonic' - New Yorker. A Wodehouse pick-me-up that'll lift your spirits, whatever your mood. ‿Cheaper and more effective than Valium‿.*Offers ‿relief from anxiety, raginess or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour‿.*‿Read when you‿re well and when you‿re poorly; when you‿re travelling, and when you‿re not; when you‿re feeling clever, and when you‿re feeling utterly dim.‿*Whatever your mood, P. G. Wodehouse, widely acknowledged to be ‿the best English comic novelist of the century‿*, is guaranteed to lift your spirits. Why? Because ‿Mr Wodehouse‿s idyllic world can never stale. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.‿*How? ‿You don‿t analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.‿**Olivia Williams *Caitlin Moran *Lynne Truss *Sebastian Faulks *Evelyn Waugh *Stephen FryIn the Angler's Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse's greatest raconteurs. Mr Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his far-flung family: there‿s Cyril, the timid interior designer, who finds himself drunkenly playing 'this little piggy' with his beloved's formidable and angry mother's toes - how can that possibly end well?! And then there's Wilfred, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance‿ Add one of the best Jeeves and Wooster stories and you‿ve got a medley of Wodehouse delights in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme. Contents:- Mulliner‿s Buck-u-uppo - The Spot of Art- Strychnine in the Soup

'Wodehouse is a tonic' - New Yorker. A Wodehouse pick-me-up that'll lift your spirits, whatever your mood. Cheaper and more effective than Valium‿.*Offers ‿relief from anxiety, raginess or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour‿.*‿Read when you‿re well and when you‿re poorly; when you‿re travelling, and when you‿re not; when you‿re feeling clever, and when you‿re feeling utterly dim.‿*Whatever your mood, P. G. Wodehouse, widely acknowledged to be ‿the best English comic novelist of the century‿*, is guaranteed to lift your spirits. Why? Because ‿Mr Wodehouse‿s idyllic world can never stale. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.‿*How? ‿You don‿t analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.‿**Olivia Williams *Caitlin Moran *Lynne Truss *Sebastian Faulks *Evelyn Waugh *Stephen FryEver on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Looking like an animated blob of mustard in his bright yellow raincoat, he invests time, passion and energy (but seldom actual cash) in a series of increasingly bizarre money-making schemes. Shares in an accident syndicate? Easily arranged. Finance for a dog college? It's yours. And if you throw in some cats, flying unexpectedly from windows, and a young man trying ever-more-desperately to impress the family of his latest love, you get a medley of Wodehouse delights in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme. Contents:- Goodbye to All Cats- Ukridge's Dog College- Ukridge's Accident Syndicate

'A splendid anthology' The TimesNo writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift the spirits - and he was a master at the high comic effects of having a few too many.

‘What a very, very lucky person you are. Spread out before you are the finest and funniest words from the finest and funniest writer the past century ever knew’ Stephen Fry‘I expect I shall feel better after tea.’A collection of ten uproarious short stories. From the moment Jeeves cures Bertie of a raging hangover with his own concoction of Worcestershire sauce and tomato juice, they become steadfast partners. Whether it is fixing a plan-gone-wrong, or solving his friends’ love lives, Jeeves is Bertie’s unfaltering aide through a series of accidental – and self-imposed – misadventures.‘The incomparable and tireless genius – perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!’ Kate Mosse

Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century' Sebastian Faulks Bertie is feeling most put-out when he finds that his friend Gussie is seeking relationship advice from Jeeves.

Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection' Julian FellowesBertie's friend `Stinker Pinker' needs his help.

`The ultimate in comfort reading' Marian Keyes `The funniest writer ever to put words on paper' Hugh Laurie The odds are stacked against Chuffy when he falls head over heels for American heiress Pauline Stoker.

But the move out of fiction does not mean a move into unfamiliar territory: any reader of Wodehouse's stories will be familiar with the topics covered here which preoccupied him all his life, ranging from Shakespeare, Hollywood and musical comedy, to butlers, thrillers, ocean liners and income tax.

Originally published as a serial in Chums under the pseudonym of Basil Windham, The Luck Stone is thoroughly Wodehouse with his trademark sticky situations, quirky characters, sly humour and wit, and of course, his renowned prose.

First published in 1956, this collection of articles covers Wodehouse's feelings on United States, his adopted homeland all collected into one edition. Features a collection of articles originally from Punch magazine as well as America, I Like You, all with Wodehouse's usual wit and personality

In this series of letters to William Townend, a fellow-writer and friend since their schooldays at Dulwich College, Wodehouse discusses in some detail his literary outlook, writing methods and constant hunt for new plots.

Several Sherlock Holmes parodies read as what they are - high-spirited experiments - but the longer stories delve deeper into character: together, they recreate a vanished world of school shops, fagging, Latin prep and hearty teas.

"Deep down in his heart the genuine Englishman has a rugged distaste for seeing his country invaded by a foreign army. But this would be to reckon without patriotic Clarence, 'Boy of Destiny', who alone is prepared to stand up to the foe, and who devises a highly unorthodox plan to restore his country to freedom... The Swoop!

Delightful in themselves, they are interesting chiefly as windows on a great writer's early evolution. In The Man of Means, he looks forward to Bertie Wooster and Ukridge, but also back to his Victorian models, in a fantastic tale of the little man struggling with fate.