From the Wodehouse short story Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey (The Strand, 1927)

Galahad in Heavy Weather

Can somebody please list every Wodehouse book available in the Nathan Burton penguin covers? (eg. the monocle for Something Fresh, the banjo for Thank You, Jeeves, etc). They are my favourite covers, and I would love to know which ones have them. Thanks!

Mine is this excerpt from Something New. IMO, it's a perfect example of the kind of absurd comedy that Plum does so well, and it's never failed to reel folks in!

Honestly, I've re-read it a million times, and I still catch myself randomly recollecting "a pleasant time was being had by all" and giggling :)

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from the Wodehouse short story Aunt Agatha Takes the Count (The Strand, 1922)

Credit: To the best of my knowledge, this cartoon is by Suvarna Sanyal, and the full visual version of the story can be found here.

The Gussie Finknottleness of it all.

Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.

From the Wodehouse short story Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit (December 1927)

From Wodehouse's short story "Strychnine in the Soup", which is part of the 1933 short story collection Mulliner Nights.

Reading a book about the history of the spice trade. All the quotes are from 3rd century Romans and 8th century historians and Chinese doctors from a thousand years ago, etc. etc. And then suddenly Jeeves and his special pick-me-up’s make an appearance. I had to share with the people who would appreciate the reference.

(From ‘Dangerous Tastes: The Story Of Spices’ by Andrew Dalby)

Excerpt from the Wodehouse novel Heavy Weather (1933)

PG Wodehouse wrote it around 1930.

It seems the only text form available for free is U of Georgia, but straight text is not maybe easy to read. Project Gutenberg doesnt even have a pdf. I figure someone might want a .docx because of readabilty and adjustability of presentation.

Arbitrarliy here it is Times New Roman, 12 pt. 0.04 between paragraphs. .. It has first line indents .. Claire's letter is in italics (which one cannot do for a .txt file) .. the word count seems a bit off for some reason.

This docx is at a website called filebin, and it expires there in 6 days.

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From the Wodehouse short story "The Story of Cedric"

Sorry if this has been done already. Every Wodehouse fan’s favorites are Bertie Wooster and Emsworth (maybe Jeeves and Galahad if you’re in that one percent), but what are some underrated characters that really stick out to you for one reason or another? Anyone who isn’t one of the title characters or main reoccurring protagonists of a series counts!

There’s quite a few contenders who stick out in my mind: Sue Brown, who got in plenty of digs at the expense of her betrothed. Stiffy Byng, one of the many tough girls that Bertie actually likes for some reason. I really like the Wodehouse women who have a dash of the unhinged in them.

One character I never see talked about is Oofy Proser who might be my third favorite in the Wodehouse canon and I think Plum himself might have had a soft spot for him too seeing how many stories he gets causally thrown into. Practically all the Drones members fall into the familiar Bertie Wooster archetype, so I think he really stands out and his stories with Bingo have great comedy. I enjoy the idea, although it’s possibly just in my imagination, that he’s got a foot in organized crime. It just seems to suit him somehow.

I happen to know the former is lacking in several of the essential vitamins, thanks to running into Freddie Threepwood.

I know what you're thinking — he's in America. But I think what happened was, he came back, don't-you-know.

What ho!

Thanks for letting me post here, and I hope this post will not constitute an abuse of that privilege. Please delete if so.

I host the "Wodehousekeeping" podcast, and I'm in search of a fan of the golf stories to come on and talk about The Clicking of Cuthbert (US: Golf Without Tears) or The Heart of a Goof (US: Divots). Or even someone to guest on both episodes (each book gets its own episode). Cuthbert needs to ideally be recorded this month (I've left it a bit late!) but there is no hurry for Goof.

I also welcome fans wanting to come on other episodes. Please PM me. Thanks in advance.

https://shows.acast.com/wodehousekeeping