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The P.G. Wodehouse Miscellany: (Inspiring Lives)

The P.G. Wodehouse Miscellany: (Inspiring Lives)


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Explores the life and works of P.G. Wodehouse and examines how his wonderful creations were based on real people and places. Wodehouse saw his first article published when still at school, and went on to become the leading humour writer of the twentieth century. He created characters famous across the English-speaking world, such as Rupert Psmith, Stanley Ukridge, Uncle Fred, the inhabitants of the Drones Club, Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, and Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress, all of whom remain as popular today as they were when they first appeared all those years ago. But behind all the brilliant metaphors that make us laugh out loud, there is a surprising background of reality. Wodehouse didn't create his stories from scratch; he used real settings and exaggerated the characteristics of people he knew. With examples of Wodehouse's unique imagery, the P.G. Wodehouse Miscellany follows the development and progress of his legendary characters, tells us where Wodehouse got his ideas from and demonstrates why his admirers included Bertrand Russell, Berthold Brecht, George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling and the Kaiser. This informative little miscellany will be a must for all fans of P.G. Wodehouse. AUTHOR: N.T.P. MURPHY read Law at Oxford University before re-joining the Regular Army. He retired as a lieutenant colonel at the Ministry of Defence. As a lifelong Wodehouse fan, in 1981 he published his first book on Wodehouse that showed how many of his characters and most of his settings were based on real people and places. Since then he has published three more Wodehouse-based books. He was the founding chairman of The P G Wodehouse Society (UK). SELLING POINTS: . The latest addition to THP's acclaimed Literary Miscellany series . Author is a Wodehouse authority and the founding chairman of The P.G. Wodehouse Society . Sebastian Faulks' official Jeeves and Wooster novel, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells, has just been released in paperback 30 b/w images

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N.T.P. MURPHY read Law at Oxford University before re-joining the Regular Army. He retired as a lieutenant colonel at the Ministry of Defence. As a lifelong Wodehouse fan, in 1981 he published his first book on Wodehouse that showed how many of his characters and most of his settings were based on real people and places. Since then he published three more Wodehouse-based books. He was also the founding chairman of The P.G. Wodehouse Society (UK).


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  • ISBN-13: 9780750959643
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: The History Press Ltd
  • Height: 174 mm
  • Series Title: Inspiring Lives
  • ISBN-10: 0750959649
  • Publisher Date: 02 Feb 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 111 mm


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