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Comrade Bingo
"Comrade Bingo" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in London in May 1922, and in ''Cosmopolitan'' in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection '' The Inimitable Jeeves'' as two separate chapters, "Comrade Bingo" and "Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood". In the story, Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with a revolutionary, Charlotte Rowbotham, and joins her communist group to win her affection. Plot Comrade Bingo Various groups make speeches in Hyde Park, including a communist group called "Heralds of the Red Dawn". One of them, a bearded man, denounces the Idle Rich to a crowd. Bingo Little's uncle, recently titled Lord Bittlesham, approaches Bertie. He owns Ocean Breeze, a horse on which Bertie has bet money for the Goodwood Cup. Presently, the bearded man loudly insults them. Bertie later meets Bingo at a club. Bin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wallis Mills
Arthur Wallis Mills (often abbreviated A. Wallis Mills, as well as A. W. Mills) (1878–1940) was a British artist. As well as traditional art forms, Mills also produced artwork and occasional cartoons for '' Punch Magazine'', ''The Strand Magazine'', ''The Humourist'', ''The Black and White Illustrated Budget'' and ''The Royal Magazine'' in the United Kingdom as well as '' The Wanganui Chronicle'' in New Zealand. He also illustrated ''A Cabinet Secret'' (Guy Boothby, 1901), the 1908 edition of ''The Novels of Jane Austen in Ten Volumes'', '' The Zincali - An account of the gypsies of Spain'' (George Borrow, 1841) and ''The Red Book of Heroes'' (Andrew Lang, 1909). Mills illustrated many of P. G. Wodehouse's stories in magazines, including ''Indiscretions of Archie'' (1920–1921), ''Leave It to Psmith'' (1923), and 15 of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves short stories in ''The Strand Magazine'', the first being " Jeeves in the Springtime" (1921). He illustrated more Jeeves short stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
