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P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)

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P. G. Wodehouse was born in Guildford, United Kingdom on October 15, 1881. After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London and then took a job as a sports reporter and columnist for the Globe newspaper. His first novel, The Pothunters, was mehr anzeigen published in 1902. He wrote over 100 novels and short story collections during his lifetime including A Perfect Uncle, Love Among the Chickens, The Swoop, P. Smith in the City, Meet Mr. Milliner, Doctor Sally, Quick Service, The Old Reliable, Uneasy Money, A Damsel in Distress, Jill the Reckless, The Adventures of Sally, A Pelican at Blandings, The Girl in Blue, and Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. His most famous characters, Bertie Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves, appeared in books such as Much Obliged, Jeeves. He also wrote lyrics for musical comedies and worked as screenwriter in Hollywood in the 1930s. In 1939, he bought a villa in Le Touquet on the coast of France. He remained there when World War II started in 1939. The following year, the Germans appropriated the villa, confiscated property, and arrested him. He was detained in various German camps for almost one year before being released in 1941. He went to Berlin and spoke of his experience in five radio talks to be broadcast to America and England. The talks themselves were completely innocuous, but he was charged with treason in England. He was cleared, but settled permanently in the United States. He became a citizen in 1955. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975. He died from a heart attack after a long illness on February 14, 1975 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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The Gold Bat (1904) 204 Exemplare
The Prince and Betty (1912) 202 Exemplare
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The World of Jeeves (1967) 191 Exemplare
The World of Psmith (1909) 190 Exemplare
Tales from the Drones Club (1991) 186 Exemplare
The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse (1997) 186 Exemplare
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The Theatre Omnibus (1994) 9 Exemplare
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Selvät sävelet, Jeeves (2017) 9 Exemplare
Golfhistorier (1987) 8 Exemplare
Jeeves And Friends 8 Exemplare
Webster le chat (2002) 8 Exemplare
Goodbye to All Cats (2017) — Autor — 8 Exemplare
The Guardian (2012) 8 Exemplare
El mejor humor inglés (2009) 7 Exemplare
Right Ho Jeeves / Other TV (1992) 7 Exemplare
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest (2014) 7 Exemplare
Der Pennymillionär (1995) 7 Exemplare
Inimitable Jeeves (Pt. 1) (2009) 7 Exemplare
The Smile that Wins (1988) 7 Exemplare
Laughing Gas and Hot Water (1970) 7 Exemplare
Reginald's Record Knock (2012) 6 Exemplare
Utmerket, Wodehouse! (1973) 6 Exemplare
A Prisoner of War (2012) 6 Exemplare
Plum Punch: Life at Home (2012) 6 Exemplare
Plum Stones (1993) 5 Exemplare
School Stories (2008) 5 Exemplare
Plum Punch: School Days (2012) 5 Exemplare
Hello, Plum ! (1992) 5 Exemplare
Ukridge, and Nothing Serious (1924) 5 Exemplare
Mike's Little Brother (2012) 4 Exemplare
The Jeeves Collection: Box One (2012) 4 Exemplare
Jeeves Stories (2022) 4 Exemplare
P. G. Wodehouse short stories (1983) 4 Exemplare
Good Morning Bill (1928) 4 Exemplare
Love Me, Love My Dog (2004) 3 Exemplare
Jeeves and Wooster in New York (1995) 3 Exemplare
Jeeves Comes to America (1993) 3 Exemplare
Ukridge Stories (2022) 3 Exemplare
Lustige Geschichten (1991) 3 Exemplare
The Psmith Omnibus (2009) 3 Exemplare
La vita è strana, Jeeves (2013) 3 Exemplare
Plum to Peter 3 Exemplare
The Jeeves Collection (2016) 3 Exemplare
Golf Stories 3 Exemplare
The Wire Pullers (2012) 3 Exemplare
Obras Vol I 3 Exemplare
Golf is geluk (2013) 3 Exemplare
The Jeeves Collection: Box Two (2012) 3 Exemplare
The Pro: (A Cricket Story) (2012) 3 Exemplare
A Job of Work (2004) 3 Exemplare
Quelles nouvelles, Jeeves ? (2015) 2 Exemplare
Hils paa hr. Wodehouse — Autor — 2 Exemplare
The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy (1984) 2 Exemplare
Against the Clock (2009) 2 Exemplare
The Heel of Achilles (1922) 2 Exemplare
Two Short Stories (2009) 2 Exemplare
Short Fiction (2022) 2 Exemplare
Sea of Troubles (2013) 2 Exemplare
The Gold Bat and Other Stories (2005) 2 Exemplare
Hij, zij en Amy 2 Exemplare
Wat een familie 2 Exemplare
Wogan on Wodehouse 2 Exemplare
Obras selectas (1986) 2 Exemplare
De grote Match 2 Exemplare
By the Way: 200 Verses (2015) 2 Exemplare
Uncle Dynamite 1 Exemplar
Mulliner Nights 1 Exemplar
Meet Mr. Mulliner 1 Exemplar
Joy in the Morning 1 Exemplar
My Man Jeeves 1 Exemplar
My Man Jeeves 1 Exemplar
Doctor Sally 1 Exemplar
Carry On, Jeeves 1 Exemplar
Dzhivz i Vuster. Tom 1 (1995) 1 Exemplar
Very Good, Jeeves 1 Exemplar
Leave It to Psmith 1 Exemplar
Hot Water 1 Exemplar
Laughing Gas 1 Exemplar
Classic Wodehouse (2017) 1 Exemplar
Jeeves I 1 Exemplar
Jeeves Omnibus, 1 Exemplar
L' Héritage Pyke (2019) 1 Exemplar
Promenadenmischung (1995) 1 Exemplar
Psmith in the City [radio play] (2008) — Original author — 1 Exemplar
Dinero para nada 1 Exemplar
Algo fresco 1 Exemplar
Hurtig Ekspedition 1 Exemplar
Wodehouse on crime 1 Exemplar
Jeeves muntrer sig 1 Exemplar
The Toll Booth 1 Exemplar
Hett om öronen 1 Exemplar
Mike: A Public School Story (2009) 1 Exemplar
Nära ögat 1 Exemplar
Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey (2014) 1 Exemplar
Mal tiempo 1 Exemplar
Sommarpippi 1 Exemplar
Aldershot, 1913 1 Exemplar
Misunderstood (2015) 1 Exemplar
Ordeal By Golf [short story] (1922) 1 Exemplar
Berlin broadcasts 1 Exemplar
The Heroic Chump 1 Exemplar
Goede gnoes 1 Exemplar
Shock dogs 1 Exemplar
The Long Hole [short story] (1922) 1 Exemplar
Jeeves #28 1 Exemplar
Fate [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Tabby Terror 1 Exemplar
Reggie and Joan (2017) 1 Exemplar
By Advice of Counsel (2013) 1 Exemplar
Ruth in Exile (2012) 1 Exemplar
In Alcala (2012) 1 Exemplar
Ambrose op stap 1 Exemplar
The Short Story Collection (2015) 1 Exemplar
Uit de pekel 1 Exemplar
Jeeves and Wooster: Volume 3 (2014) 1 Exemplar
Blandings 1 Exemplar
Come On, Jeeves 1 Exemplar
Wodehouse Jeeves boxset (2016) 1 Exemplar
Candle-Light (2017) 1 Exemplar

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The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Mitwirkender — 291 Exemplare
The Literary Cat (1977) — Mitwirkender — 241 Exemplare
Dog Dogs (1998) — Mitwirkender — 225 Exemplare
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998) — Mitwirkender — 196 Exemplare
Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Collection (1990) — Original book — 170 Exemplare
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Mitwirkender — 145 Exemplare
Short Stories From The Strand (1992) — Mitwirkender — 139 Exemplare
A Literary Christmas: An Anthology (2013) — Mitwirkender — 137 Exemplare
The Oxford Book of Villains (1992) — Mitwirkender — 136 Exemplare
Read With Me (1965) — Mitwirkender — 129 Exemplare
Camelot Chronicles (1992) — Mitwirkender — 122 Exemplare
Best Dog Stories (1990) — Mitwirkender — 118 Exemplare
Cat Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes (1931) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben90 Exemplare
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes (1989) — Mitwirkender — 89 Exemplare
Baseball's Best Short Stories (1995) — Mitwirkender — 80 Exemplare
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Mitwirkender — 76 Exemplare
More Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies (1993) — Mitwirkender — 76 Exemplare
The Folio Book of Comic Short Stories (1805) — Mitwirkender — 74 Exemplare
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000) — Mitwirkender — 56 Exemplare
Detective Duos (1997) — Mitwirkender — 51 Exemplare
Modern Short Stories (1939) — Mitwirkender — 49 Exemplare
Murder at Teatime: Mysteries in the Classic Cozy Tradition (1996) — Mitwirkender — 49 Exemplare
Great Baseball Stories (1979) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
Modern English Short Stories (1939) — Mitwirkender — 36 Exemplare
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Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1982) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
The Bedside Playboy (1963) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
Leather armchairs; the book of London clubs (1963) — Vorwort — 23 Exemplare
The Great Book of Humour (1935) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare
Show Boat (Piano/Vocal/Songbook) (1927) — Lyrics — 20 Exemplare
Blandings: The Complete First Series (2013) — Original book — 18 Exemplare
The Panorama of Modern Literature (1934) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Chucklebait (1945) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Favorite Animal Stories (1987) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
The Favourite Wonder Book (1938) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Graphic Classics: Canine/Feline Classics (2014) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
A Distant Cry: Stories from East Anglia (2002) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Oh, Kay! (1994 Studio Recording) — book — 10 Exemplare
A Cavalcade of Collier's (1959) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
The Wonderful Edison Time Machine: A Celebration of Life (1999) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben9 Exemplare
The Pick of Punch 1955 (1954) — Einführung — 8 Exemplare
The London Omnibus (1932) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
A Treasury of Great Short Stories — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
Blandings: The Complete Second Series (2014) — Original book — 7 Exemplare
Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
By Jeeves: Original 1996 London Cast Recording (1996) — Original book — 7 Exemplare
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Cats: Fifteen Complete Stories and Poems (1998) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
My Funniest Story (1933) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2017) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
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Blandings: The Complete Series — Original book — 3 Exemplare
Modern Short Stories — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
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Georgian Stories 1924 — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Gent, April 1959 (Vol. 3, No. 4) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 214, No. 23, Dec 06, 1941 (1941) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Punch September 17, 1902 — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
50 seltsame Geschichten — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Sixteen On: An Anthology of Railway Stories (1957) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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In his latest novel "Cinema", German star author Daniel Kehlmann lets an English movie critic by the name of Rupert Wooster appear. As the only international attendee of a movie premiere in Salzburg in 1942 - right in the middle of World War II - Wooster engages in an English conversation that is a wonderful mix of eloquence and humour on the Wooster side, and misunderstandings due to broken English on the German guests' side. As this was one of the funniest literary chapters I've read in a long time, I wondered whether there was a real counterpart to Rupert Wooster. And of course there was! Even though I knew nothing about P. G. Wodehouse and his humouristic Wooster-Jeeves novels (I am German and P. G. Wodehouse isn't exactly famous among German readers in the 2020's), it wasn't very difficult to find out about Wodehouse's internment in Berlin and about Kehlmanns's ingenious idea to let Wodehouse appear as a relative of one of his main protagonists Bertie Wooster, only to have a conversation that is very much like a conversation in a Wodehouse novel.
Curious to find out more about Wodehouse and his literature, I decided to read "Joy in the morning", the book that made it into a top-100 list of English novels in the Guardian. This proved to be an excellent choice. Although I must admit that Wodehouse is a bit of a vocabulary and verbal phrase challenge to a non-native speaker, it certainly is also great joy to read. While I am not sure whether this book is an appropriate trainer for everyday conversation, I think it is the best compilation of English humour based on play on words that I have ever read. The plot reminds of a theatre comedy, as it develops around conversations among people that all know each other and have clear roles assigned to them. In the end, butler Jeeves solves it all. I am very thankful to Daniel Kehlmann for having directed my attention to P. G. Wodehouse. Indeed, it is "Joy in the morning" that Wodehouse began before and finished shortly after his internment in Nazi Germany. This book is the perfect link to Kehlmann's tribute to P. G. Wodhouse's humour in "Cinema", and it is a wonderful "getting to know the original Wodehouse humour" experience.
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