| Authors: |
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Wodehouse, P. G.(Pelham Grenville),1881-1975 -- Correspondence.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013, c2011. |
| Description: |
xvi, 602 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780393088991 (hbk.) 0393088995 (hbk.) |
| Notes: |
Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011. |
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"The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: |
Childhood -- Dulwich -- 1899/1900: "Set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame" -- Early career -- 1901/1909: "Got a plot, thanks" -- New York -- 1909/1914: "American hustle" -- Love on Long Island -- 1914/ 1918: "Something fresh" -- The roaring Twenties -- 1919/1930: "This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old fame" -- Wodehouse in Hollywood -- 1930/1931: "This place is loathsome" -- Wodehouse in the Thirties -- 1932/1940: "A jolly strong position" -- Internment -- 1940/1941: "Am quite happy here" -- The broadcasts -- Berlin -- 1941/1943: "So little to tell" -- Paris -- 1943/1947: "Under surveillance" -- Return to America -- 1947/1954: "New York is overwhelming" -- Final years -- 1954/1975: "He did take trouble." |
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| Summary: |
A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century. |