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Jeeves and Wooster volume 2
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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My Man Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse is a collection of comedic work featuring three of Wodehouse's famous characters. Bertie is an idle rich man, who is always ready to help his friends. However, he would never be able to do so without the help of his odd but intelligent valet, Jeeves. Said to be the prototype for Bertie, Reggie Pepper is also rich Englishman dedicated to assisting his friends, however, unlike Bertie, he often has to act as the brains...
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Standard Ebooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Two young Londoners enter the world of business and politics while still making time for cricket in this comic novel by the creator of Jeeves and Wooster.
Mike Jackson, who'd hoped to continue his cricket career at Cambridge, is devastated to learn he must instead work in the mail room of New Asiatic Bank. Worse, he'll be reporting to John Bickersdyke, a man who's had it in for Mike ever since they first met on the cricket field. But Mike's good...
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Standard Ebooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Introducing some of P.G Wodehouse's adored reoccurring characters and settings, Something New marks the beginning of the adventures at Blanding Castle. When Freddie and Aline get engaged, both are happy with the arrangement. Both from wealthy and prominent families, the engagement ensures them a higher social status. However, Freddie becomes paranoid that old letters he sent to an ex would endanger the engagement if unearthed. Desperate, Freddie hires...
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Floating Press, The
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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British humorist P.G. Wodehouse rose to popularity in part due to his witty stories set in the country's public schools. This collection brings together some of Wodehouse's most hilarious essays, vignettes, and tales of schoolboys. Get ready for a treasure trove of uproarious accounts of cricket, rugby, prank wars and general mischief-making.
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Sheen, a member of Seymour's House at Wrykyn School, flees from an unexpected assault by town boys. His colleagues wade into the fight with relish, acquiring bruises and sore heads, but in the fracas, Sheen is missed, and the story makes the rounds of Wrykyn that when blows were traded, Sheen "funked it."
Honor in such institutions depends on reliably standing with your House. As punishment for his defection, Sheen is "cut" - treated as if he did...
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Standard Ebooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
School Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that feature the trials, tribulations and adventures of the denizens of the turn-of-the-century English boarding school.
First published in schoolboy magazines starting in 1901, the stories originally appeared in publications like The Captain and Public School Magazine.
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Magic Lamp Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"P.G. Wodehouse, famous humorist/screenwriter (creator of Jeeves and Wooster) and 'golf-nut,' provides us with a group of humorous stories about the game of golf, allegedly having been told by a fictitious golf club's 'eldest member,' as he holds court at the 19th hole. This book is the perfect read and/or gift for any golfer."--
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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WITH apologies to gent opposite," said Clowes, "I must say I don't think much of the team." "Don't apologise to me" said Allardyce disgustedly, as he filled the teapot, "I think they're rotten." "They ought to have got into form by now, too," said Trevor. "It's not as if this was the first game of the term." "First game!" Allardyce laughed shortly. "Why, we've only got a couple of club matches and the return match with Ripton to end the season. It...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away, the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, Bertie's astonished to read in the Times of his own engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then, at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former headmaster in attendance, ready to award the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School. And finally the Brinkley butler turns out, for reasons of his own,
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George H. Doran Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The Small Bachelor is a humorous novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in 1927. The story revolves around George Finch, a young artist who is engaged to the beautiful and wealthy Molly Waddington. However, on the eve of his wedding, George discovers that he is still in love with his ex-girlfriend, the actress Jean Briggerland. As George struggles to sort out his feelings and make a decision about his future, he becomes embroiled in a series of...
12) The Gold Bat
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A & C Black
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Set at the fictional public school of Wrykyn, the novel tells of how two boys, O'Hara and Moriarty, tar and feather a statue of a local politician as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team. After the prank, the boys discover that the trinket is missing. Schoolboy honour is at stake as Trevor and his friends conceal the loss of the gold bat until, through...
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Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The story tells of how unscrupulous millionaire Benjamin Scobell decides to build a casino on the small Mediterranean island of Mervo, dragging in the unwitting heir to the throne to help. Little does he know that his stepdaughter Betty has history with the young man John Maude, and his schemes lead to a rift between the newly reunited pair.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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English
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The usual suspects line up at Blandings castle for a typically hilarious Wodehouse caper which sees a cast of characters getting hot and bothered over a nude painting that everybody seems to want to get their hands on. This very British comedic pleasure will delight fans and newcomers alike.
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English
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A Jeeves and Wooster novel featuring P.G. Wodehouse's best-loved comic duo. In this wonderful caper Bertie Wooster would rather run a mile in tight shoes than visit Totleigh Towers . . .Sparkling comic classic abridged on audio read by the inimitable Martin Jarvis.
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English
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The Collected Blandings Short Stories. Blandings Castle is the home of Lord Emsworth, who likes nothing better than to potter at home in his enormous castle garden. But his rural idyll is once again set to be disturbed in these nine hilarious fables. No peace is possible when his sister Constance is let loose, and she is constantly trying to reorganise the household and its inhabitants! Without great success . . . The nieces are unhappy, McAllister...
17) Summer Lightning
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English
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Another laugh-aloud story of Blandings Castle, set in an idyllic part of Shropshire, England, where the sun always seems to shine, even when it's stormy.
18) Heavy Weather
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English
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Part of the popular "Castle Blandings†series, Heavy Weather is as light as a feather. In this sparkling sequel to Summer Lightning a storm is brewing over Blandings Castle. But surely, the storm will conk out and the thunder grumble away……
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Henry Pifield Rice is a detective, technically. He prides himself in his disguises, which are, in truth, pretty deplorable. So when he's detailed to follow a touring theatrical romantic comedy, his life is absolutely transformed.
P.G. Wodehouse had the rare gift of writing humor that stands the test of time. Most famous for his Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels, he also a talented playwright and lyricist, and worked with Cole Porter on Anything Goes,...
20) Cats
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English
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A series of stories and poems about cats from some of the best classic and modern authors. Read by Richard Griffiths and Liza Goddard, this is a true celebration of the nation's favourite pet.
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The Story Of Webster by P.G. Wodehouse
The Foolhardy Mouse & The Cautious Cat by James Thurber
Tobermory by Saki
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
My Cat Jeoffrey from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart
The Cat That Walked By...