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P. G. Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (Beteiligte)

Carry On, Jeeves


2018. 288 S. 198 mm
Verlag/Jahr: RANDOM HOUSE UK; ARROW 2018
ISBN: 1-78746-107-6 (1787461076)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78746-107-9 (9781787461079)

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´What a very, very lucky person you are. Spread out before you are the finest and funniest words from the finest and funniest writer the past century ever knew´ Stephen Fry´I expect I shall feel better after tea.´A collection of ten uproarious short stories. From the moment Jeeves cures Bertie of a raging hangover with his own concoction of Worcestershire sauce and tomato juice, they become steadfast partners.

Whether it is fixing a plan-gone-wrong, or solving his friends´ love lives, Jeeves is Bertie´s unfaltering aide through a series of accidental - and self-imposed - misadventures.´The incomparable and tireless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!´ Kate Mosse
"To have one of his books in your hand is to possess by way of a pill that can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use than printing Wodehouse." Caitlin Moran
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as ´Plum´) wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler´s Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ´having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world´. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine´s Day.