P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Published on 28. January 2013
640 pages
978-0-393-08987-5 (ISBN)
Description
The definitive edition of the letters—many previously unpublished—of England's greatest comic writer.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.More details
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P. G. Wodehouse was born in England in 1881 and in 1955 became an American citizen. He published more than ninety books and had a successful career writing lyrics and musicals in collaboration with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and Cole Porter, among others.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- More P. G. Wodehouse from W.W. Norton and Company
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Editorial Policy
- Selected Recipients
- 1 Childhood
- 2 Dulwich
- 1899-1900: 'set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame'
- 3 Early Career
- 1901-1909: 'Got a plot, thanks'
- 4 New York
- 1909-1914: 'American hustle'
- 5 Love on Long Island
- 1914-1918: 'Something Fresh'
- 6 The Roaring Twenties
- 1919-1930: 'This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old Fame'
- 7 Wodehouse in Hollywood
- 1930-1931: 'this place is loathsome'
- 8 Wodehouse in the Thirties
- 1932-1940: 'A jolly strong position'
- 9 Internment
- 1940-1941: 'Am quite happy here'
- 10 The Broadcasts
- 11 Berlin
- 1941-1943: 'so little to tell'
- 12 Paris
- 1943-1947: 'under surveillance'
- 13 Return to America
- 1947-1954: 'New York is overwhelming'
- 14 Final Years
- 1954-1975: 'he did take trouble'
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Picture Section
- Copyright
- Books by P. G. Wodehouse
