P G Wodehouse

The Head of Kay's is a classic English humour text is one of P. G. Wodehouse's early novels set in English public schools. The story is about two prefects struggling to keep order in a refractory house, despite the actions of its interfering housemaster. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the jolly gentleman of leisure Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls. Most of Wodehouse's fiction is set in England, although he spent much of his life in the US and used New York and Hollywood as settings for some of his novels and short stories. He wrote a series of Broadway musical comedies during and after the First World War, together with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, that played an important part in the development of the American musical. He began the 1930s writing for MGM in Hollywood.

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.

The Gold Bat by P. G. Wodehouse is a humorous sports novel dealing with public school life based on Wodehouse's alma mater. The plot centers around the student's struggles for the last vacancy on the football fifteen and the doings of a mysterious "League" in the school. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the jolly gentleman of leisure Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls. Most of Wodehouse's fiction is set in England, although he spent much of his life in the US and used New York and Hollywood as settings for some of his novels and short stories. He wrote a series of Broadway musical comedies during and after the First World War, together with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, that played an important part in the development of the American musical. He began the 1930s writing for MGM in Hollywood. In a 1931 interview, his na ve revelations of incompetence and extravagance in the studios caused a furore. In the same decade, his literary career reached a new peak. In 1934 Wodehouse moved to France for tax reasons; in 1940 he was taken prisoner at Le Touquet by the invading Germans and interned for nearly a year. After his release he made six broadcasts from German radio in Berlin to the US, which had not yet entered the war. The talks were comic and apolitical, but his broadcasting over enemy radio prompted anger and strident controversy in Britain, and a threat of prosecution. Wodehouse never returned to England. From 1947 until his death he lived in the US, taking dual British-American citizenship in 1955. He was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing more than ninety books, forty plays, two hundred short stories and other writings between 1902 and 1974.

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och den odräglige arbetsgivaren Wooster har blivit särskilt älskade. Har Bertie Wooster någonsin varit intrasslad i en värre härva olyckor? Det börjar med att hans favoritfaster Dahlia ber honom gå in i en antikhandel och fnysa åt en silverpjäs. Det låter kanske enkelt, men allt som kan gå fel går fel. Snart tvingas Bertie till godset Totleigh Towers, som mycket väl kan vara helvetet på jorden, för att stjäla silverpjäsen av dess nye ägare. Med den fruktansvärde fascistpampen Sir Roderock Spode i hasorna blir det ännu svårare att föra sig som det anstår en Wooster . Som det anstår en Wooster utkom 1938 och finns med i Telegraphs "15 bästa komiska böckerna av alla tider", i Esquires "30 roligaste böckerna som någonsin skrivits", Guardians "1 000 böcker alla måste läsa" och Penguin Books "100 klassiker du måste läsa". Här återutges den i Birgitta Hammars briljanta översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien.

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och den odräglige arbetsgivaren Wooster har blivit särskilt älskade. I Allright, Jeeves! vill Bertie Wooster för en gångs skull hjälpa sina vänner utan att be om Jeeves goda råd. Framgången blir måttlig. Istället för att ordna så att Gussie Fink-Nottle kan förlova sig med sin älskade Madeline Bassett är det plötsligt Bertie som förlovats med henne. Vad Bertie än sedan tar sig till ökar bara kaoset och kulminerar i Gussies högtidstal i byskolan som skådespelaren Stephen Fry dubbat till "det enskilt roligaste stycket som skrivits på engelska språket". Därefter finns inget annat att göra än att hoppas att Jeeves kan rycka in innan det är för sent. Allright, Jeeves! utkom 1934 och har korats till "Bästa komiska boken av en engelsk författare" i en offentlig omröstning på nätet. Här återutges den i Birgitta Hammars briljanta översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien. "Ingen boksamling, oavsett storlek, bör vara utan ett välanvänt exemplar av Allright, Jeeves!" John Le Carré

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och hans odräglige arbetsgivare Wooster har blivit särskilt lästa och älskade. I Tack Jeeves! har Bertie Wooster funnit en ny hobby: banjon. Att grannarna stör sig på att han börjat klinka i tid och otid är en sak - men plötsligt säger Jeeves upp sig! När det otänkbara skett söker Bertie och banjon tröst på landet. Men inte heller där ges han någon ro. Snart trängs alldeles för många oönskade storheter från hans förflutna där - den gamla flamman Pauline Stoker och hjärnskrynklaren Sir Roderick Glossop för att nämna två av de absolut värsta. Den enda som till sist saknas, och saknas alltmer desperat, är Jeeves . Tack, Jeeves! utkom 1934 och finns med i Telegraphs "15 bästa komiska böckerna av alla tider", i Esquires "30 roligaste böckerna som någonsin skrivits", Guardians "1 000 böcker alla måste läsa" och Penguin Books "100 klassiker du måste läsa". Här återutges den i Vilgot Hammarlings klassiska översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien.