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P. G. Wodehouse Short Stories Bibliography
Blandings Castle The following 10 short stories feature Blandings Castle, its owner Lord Emsworth or members of his family. There are also 11 Blandings novels including an unfinished novel. The short story "Life with Freddie" is not set in Blandings Castle but contains Lord Emsworth's son, Freddie Threepwood. "The Crime Wave at Blandings" was rewritten from an earlier non-Blandings story. Drones Club There are 21 short stories in the Drones Club series, many of which star either Bingo Little or Freddie Widgeon. Most of the stories are told at the club amongst the members, who are referred to as Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. The stories are generally told by a Crumpet to an Egg or Bean, though four of the stories have no identified narrator: "The Fat of the Land", "Leave it to Algy", "Bingo Bans the Bomb", and "Stylish Stouts". The US magazine version of "The Masked Troubadour" is a rewritten version titled "Reggie and the Greasy Bird". "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blandings Castle
Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous tales and adventures. The stories were written between 1915 and 1975. The series of stories taking place at the castle, in its environs and involving its denizens have come to be known as the "Blandings books", or, in a phrase used by Wodehouse in his preface to the 1969 reprint of the first book, "the Blandings Castle Saga". In a radio broadcast on 15 July 1961, Evelyn Waugh said: "The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled." The Castle Blandings Castle, lying in the picturesque Vale of Blandings, Shropshire, England, is from the town of Market Blandings, home to at least nine pubs, most notably the Emsworth Arms. The tiny hamlet of Blandings Parva lies directly outside the castle gates and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birth Of A Salesman
"Birth of a Salesman" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 26 March 1950 issue of '' This Week'' magazine. Part of the Blandings Castle canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection '' Nothing Serious'' (1950). The story's title is a play on ''Death of a Salesman'', the now-classic stageplay by Arthur Miller, which had won a Pulitzer Prize the previous year. Plot summary Lord Emsworth is visiting America for the wedding of his niece Veronica to millionaire Tipton Plimsoll. With currency restrictions forcing him to stay at Freddie's house in Long Island, Emsworth finds himself ill at ease, chafed by his son's new-found self-confidence, the result of his successes as a salesman. Left alone in the house one day, Emsworth finds the cold lunch left for him unappealing, and resolves to fix himself some scrambled eggs. This task proves more difficult than he recalled from his more active yout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble Down At Tudsleigh
''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1936 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 70–71, A55. The collection, recounting the adventures of various members of the Drones Club (except for the last one), features many familiar characters from Wodehouse's other writings, including Freddie Widgeon and the irrepressible Mr Mulliner. One story, "Uncle Fred Flits By", features the first appearance of Pongo Twistleton and his Uncle Fred, who featured in four novels, including two appearances at Blandings Castle. The US edition contains a slightly different selection of stories from the UK version. "Tried in the Furnace" and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" had not previously appeared in the US, and were held back so they could garner greater income from magazine sales. (Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tried In The Furnace
''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1936 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 70–71, A55. The collection, recounting the adventures of various members of the Drones Club (except for the last one), features many familiar characters from Wodehouse's other writings, including Freddie Widgeon and the irrepressible Mr Mulliner. One story, "Uncle Fred Flits By", features the first appearance of Pongo Twistleton and his Uncle Fred, who featured in four novels, including two appearances at Blandings Castle. The US edition contains a slightly different selection of stories from the UK version. "Tried in the Furnace" and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" had not previously appeared in the US, and were held back so they could garner greater income from magazine sales. (Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Men In Spats
''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1936 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 70–71, A55. The collection, recounting the adventures of various members of the Drones Club (except for the last one), features many familiar characters from Wodehouse's other writings, including Freddie Widgeon and the irrepressible Mr Mulliner. One story, "Uncle Fred Flits By", features the first appearance of Pongo Twistleton and his Uncle Fred, who featured in four novels, including two appearances at Blandings Castle. The US edition contains a slightly different selection of stories from the UK version. "Tried in the Furnace" and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" had not previously appeared in the US, and were held back so they could garner greater income from magazine sales. (Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate (short Story)
''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1936 by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday, Doran, New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 70–71, A55. The collection, recounting the adventures of various members of the Drones Club (except for the last one), features many familiar characters from Wodehouse's other writings, including Freddie Widgeon and the irrepressible Mr Mulliner. One story, "Uncle Fred Flits By", features the first appearance of Pongo Twistleton and his Uncle Fred, who featured in four novels, including two appearances at Blandings Castle. The US edition contains a slightly different selection of stories from the UK version. "Tried in the Furnace" and "Trouble Down At Tudsleigh" had not previously appeared in the US, and were held back so they could garner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingo Little
Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club. In his early appearances, Bingo, who has an impulsive and romantic nature, falls in love with numerous women in quick succession, generally pursuing an absurd scheme to woo his latest love interest and invariably causing problems for his pal Bertie. Eventually, Bingo marries Rosie M. Banks, and their married life is a happy one for the most part, though his proclivity for gambling sometimes gets him into trouble. Life and character Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a longtime friend of Bertie Wooster. They were born in the same village a few days apart, and went together to kindergarten, preparatory school at Malvern House, secondary school at Eton College, and then to the University of Oxford, where Bingo obtained a degree of some sort. He often reminds Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drones Club
The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British humorist P. G. Wodehouse. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members. Various members of the club appear in stories included in the "Drones Club series", which contains stories not already included in other series. Most of the Drones Club stories star either Freddie Widgeon or Bingo Little. The name "Drones" has been used by several real-life clubs and restaurants. Overview The Drones Club is in Mayfair, London, located in Dover Street, off Piccadilly. A drone being a male bee that does no work, living off the labour of others, it aptly describes the late 1920s to early 1930s stereotype of rich, idle young club members, though some of the members have careers and even jobs. As decided by a vote of the club's members, the Drones Club tie is a striking "rich purple". A Drones Club scarf is also mentioned. Wodehouse based t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life With Freddie
''Plum Pie'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 22 September 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins (under the Herbert Jenkins imprint), and in the United States on 1 December 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 99–100, A89. The collection's title is derived from P. G. Wodehouse's nickname, Plum. All stories except one belong to a large bag of P. G. Wodehouse regular series: one Jeeves, one golf story, one Blandings, one Ukridge, one Mr Mulliner, one longer Freddie Threepwood story, and two Drones Club members Bingo Little and Freddie Widgeon. Most of the stories had previously appeared in '' Argosy'' in the UK and in ''Playboy'' or ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in the US. The UK version included some extra items between the stories, mostly "Our Man in America" anecdotes originally appearing in ''Punch''. Contents "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird" * US: ''Playboy'', December 1965 * UK: '' Argosy'', Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argosy (UK Magazine)
''Argosy'' magazine (also known as ''The Argosy'') was the title of three magazines published in the United Kingdom, one in the late 19th century, another in the middle of the 20th century, and the other, very briefly, in the early 21st century. 1865 The original ''Argosy'' was founded and edited by Alexander Strahan in 1865, and later owned and edited by Ellen Wood. A somewhat racy tone was set from the outset by serializing Charles Reade's novel ''Griffith Gaunt'', which concerns a case of bigamy. Among the many well-known contributors were Hesba Stretton, Julia Kavanagh, Christina Rossetti, Sarah Doudney, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Anthony Trollope, Henrietta Keddie (as Sarah Tytler), Helen Zimmern, and the traveller and linguist Arminius Vambery. Wood continued as its editor until her death in 1887, when her son Charles Wood took over. It ran until 1901. 1926 A later British ''Argosy'' was a short story magazine in paperback size focusing on reprints, and was published from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum Pie
''Plum Pie'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 22 September 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins (under the Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins imprint), and in the United States on 1 December 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 99–100, A89. The collection's title is derived from P. G. Wodehouse's nickname, Plum. All stories except one belong to a large bag of P. G. Wodehouse regular series: one Jeeves, one golf story, one Blandings Castle, Blandings, one Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, Ukridge, one Mr Mulliner, one longer Freddie Threepwood story, and two Drones Club members Bingo Little and Freddie Widgeon. Most of the stories had previously appeared in ''Argosy (UK magazine), Argosy'' in the UK and in ''Playboy'' or ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in the US. The UK version included some extra items between the stories, mostly "Our Man in America" anecdotes originally appearing in Punch (magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
