First up on the tour through the works of PG Wodehouse is The Pothunters. This was originally published in 1902, according to the information on the copyright page. Before it was a book, however, it was first published as a serial in Public School Magazine in January-March of the same year. This is one that I've … Continue reading The Pothunters

Which almost always indicates early Wodehouse. A Man of Means is a short collection of six stories originally published serially in Pictorial Review. They were also, apparently, a collaboration with a man named CH Bovill, something I had not elsewhere run across in Wodehouse's work.The book itself wasn't too bad, the language had a familiar … Continue reading Mediocre Wodehouse

Finished Wodehouse's Money in the Bank a day or two ago. It was pretty good. Several characters appeared that are in at least one other Wodehouse novel, the hero and heroine were decent, if not stellar and Lord Uffenham was amusing. Romantically, everything worked out in the end, but not all the problems were solved … Continue reading Bank on it.

Finished reading Jill the Reckless a couple nights ago and found it pleasant if unusual for a Wodehouse book. It's rather longer than most of his books and the style and content didn't seem as if he intended it to be as humorous as most of his writing. I was reminded of Jane Austen more … Continue reading Jane the Reckless?