Over the next few years I consumed voraciously each work Adams wrote, until I knew them even better than my dad.

P G Wodehouse reading list: the Jeeves and Wooster storiesis also a splendid introduction.My first experience with adult humour writing was when I was 13 and my dad decided to show me his favourite author, Douglas Adams.

It is a terrific piece and includes admirable advice about ignoring its own advice if you so wish.

Getting star ted with Bertie and Jeeves: a chronological challengeconsiders where new readers should begin reading the series.

I was delighted to come across fellow WordPress blogger Plumtopia, who specialises in, amongst other things, how to read PG Wodehouse. It’s my best-seller.įurther reading 3: the excellent Plumtopia Jeeves’s problem-solving abilities are, along with Sherlock Holmes, a model for my very own Ms N, the world’s most brilliant, unpredictable and occasionally homicidal hotel manager, in my own comic writing, Seven Hotel Stories. I have also reviewed the six Blandings Castle novels by PG Wodehouse in my Folio Society edition: You might want to look at my reviews of the Jeeves and Wooster novels – most with numerous luscious quotes. If you adore Wodehouse quotations, see my reviews in the “PG Wodehouse” tab under “Categories” or in the list below. I look forward to moving forward with the works of P G Wodehouse over the months and, possibly, years ahead (have just finished Joy in the Morning, which surely qualifies as one of the best novel titles ever). But the bumptious dimness of the “mentally negligible” Bertie Wooster and the calm brilliance of Jeeves the butler has a reassuring, satisfying rhythm and from Very Good, Jeeves I could safely classify myself as an addict, craving time spent in their company. It should not be for me, as a mere novice student of “Plum”, to offer definitive guidance. How to read PG Wodehouse: Jeeves and Wooster Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.

It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts.

The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, “So, you’re back from Moscow, eh?” was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say ‘When!’ Both are packed with laugh-out-loud moments I can recommend them wholeheartedly. I started with The Inimitable Jeeves and Carry on Jeeves. So when I found myself with a shelf of Wodehouse, I prepared to dive in with enthusiasm.īut where to begin with PG Wodehouse? Where I started Comic writing is an extraordinary talent.

I have since read and reviewed most of them (see links below).Īs a writer of comic tales such as Seven Hotel Stories, I worship Wodehouse. I recently inherited a splendid shelf-full of P G Wodehouse in a hand-tooled Folio edition. Here are some practical tips to get started. How to read PG Wodehouse? The different series can be confusing.

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