The Smile that Wins
(Wodehouse Pick-Me-Up)
Published on 16. November 2017
96 pages
978-1-4735-5325-5 (ISBN)
Description
'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 Fry
This collection contains two of the best Jeeves stories, in which the gentleman's gentleman endeavours to smooth over Bertie Wooster's relentless haplessness. Add in the story of a private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them, told by one of Wodehouse's greatest raconteurs, and you've got an assortment of Wodehouse delights in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme.
Contents:
- The Smile that Wins
- Jeeves and the Song of Songs
- The Great Sermon Handicap
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 Fry
This collection contains two of the best Jeeves stories, in which the gentleman's gentleman endeavours to smooth over Bertie Wooster's relentless haplessness. Add in the story of a private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them, told by one of Wodehouse's greatest raconteurs, and you've got an assortment of Wodehouse delights in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme.
Contents:
- The Smile that Wins
- Jeeves and the Song of Songs
- The Great Sermon Handicap
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
1,65 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4735-5325-5 (9781473553255)
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11/2017
Arrow Books Ltd
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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'.
