P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Sir P G Wodehouse
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Description for P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Hardcover.
This is the definitive edition of P.G. Wodehouse's letters, edited with a commentary by Oxford academic Sophie Ratcliffe.
One of the funniest and most admired writers of the twentieth century, P. G. Wodehouse always shied away from the idea of a biography. A quiet, retiring man, he expressed himself through the written word. His letters - collected and expertly edited here - provide an illuminating biographical accompaniment to legendary comic creations such as Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, Psmith and the Empress of Blandings.
Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, these letters give an unrivalled insight into Wodehouse, covering ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hutchinson
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091796341
SKU
V9780091796341
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About Sir P G Wodehouse
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 ... Read more
Reviews for P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Wodehouse said letters make "a wonderful oblique form for an autobiography," and Sophie Ratcliffe's expertly edited collection amply proves the point.
Spectator
Anybody requiring evidence of how much work PG Wodehouse put into his comic prose should read his letters. In her introduction to this definitive compendium of Wodehouse's correspondence, Sophie Ratcliffe warns that [the letters] display only ... Read more
Spectator
Anybody requiring evidence of how much work PG Wodehouse put into his comic prose should read his letters. In her introduction to this definitive compendium of Wodehouse's correspondence, Sophie Ratcliffe warns that [the letters] display only ... Read more