The young reliable Honoria Glossop can always be trusted to come up with a scintillating tribute to P G Wodehouse, especially on the occasion of his birth anniversary!
Read on…..
PG Wodehouse was born on this day, 15 October 1881, in Guildford England. I make no apology for mentioning it each year as an occasion to celebrate, because, as his latest biographer Paul Kent puts it:
…his 100 or so books must represent one of the largest-ever bequests to human happiness by one man, at least in literature.
in Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Volume 1: ‘This is jolly old fame’
Five of these gifts to humanity were, like Wodehouse himself, also published on 15 October – in four different decades.
1925 – Sam the Sudden
Published on P.G. Wodehouse’s 44th birthday, this hidden gem is much loved by Wodehouse fans.
For a moment Kay stared speechlessly; then, throwing her head back, she gave out a short, sharp scream of laughter which made a luncher at the next table stab himself in the cheek with an oyster fork. The luncher…
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P.G.Wodehouse is one of my favourite authors. I love Jeeves.
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Same here! Thank you for going through and commenting. Permit me to share a blog post which I suspect you may like: https://ashokbhatia.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/a-brand-called-jeeves
Allow me also to congratulate you on the success of your latest book. If you could spare some time and advise me on my next book, I shall be obliged. If so, shall need your mail id, please; mine is akb.usha1952@gmail.com.
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