The result is the lightest of literary soufflees, another instalment in the long-running saga of the Threepwood family, including the head of the clan, Lord Emsworth, his virago sister, Lady Constance, and his debonair brother, the Honourable Galahad Threepwood, ex-boulevardier and solver of romantic problems.
In the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Throughout, the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outlandish situations.
Lester Carmody of Rudge Hall has put himself in the hands of Dr. Twist, the aptly named owner of that establishment. Enter the Molloys, who, along with their old pal Twist, have a devious money-making scheme that depends on the greed of Carmody. And Carmody is more than happy to comply . . .
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue when the hapless Bertie Wooster falls into trouble. My Man Jeeves is sure to please anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes, and aristocratic slapstick. Contents: "Leave It to Jeeves" "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" "Absent Treatment" "Helping Freddie" "Rallying Round Old George" "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good" "The Aunt and the Sluggard"
A Jeeves and Wooster novel Gussie Fink-Nottle's knowledge of the common newt is unparalleled. Drop him in a pond of newts and his behaviour will be exemplary, but introduce him to a girl and watch him turn pink, yammer, and suddenly stampede for great open spaces. Even with Madeline Bassett, who feels that the stars are God's daisy chain, his tongue is tied in reef-knots. And his chum Tuppy Glossop isn't getting on much better with Madeliene's delectable friend Angela. With so many broken hearts lying about him, Bertie Wooster can't sit idly by. The happiness of a pal - two pals, in fact - is at stake. But somehow Bertie's best-laid plans land everyone in the soup, and so it's just as well that Jeeves is ever at hand to apply his bulging brains to the problems of young love.
P. G. Wodehouse est reconnu comme le plus grand écrivain comique anglais du vingtième siècle. Ses personnages et ses décors ont intégré notre langue et notre mythologie. Dans Oncle Galahad au château de Blandings, le domaine idyllique de Lord Emsworth, le château de Blandings, est comme d'habitude envahi par des sœurs autoritaires, des secrétaires trop efficaces et des amoureux transis ; pire encore, une prétendue ancienne flamme est apparue, déterminée à mettre fin à l'existence paisible et amoureuse des cochons du comte. Tout le génie de Galahad est nécessaire pour résoudre les choses de manière satisfaisante.
A Jeeves and Wooster collection A classic collection of stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman - in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (including the bestselling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). And Bertie, with Jeeves's help, hopes to evade the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop... At its heart is one of Wodehouse's most delicious stories, 'The Great Sermon Handicap.'
(1968) features Mike Bond, the hitherto fortunate owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it.
The Collector's Wodehouse series continues --three more sparkling classics from the master of hijinks and social comedy P. G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, each Overlook Wodehouse is the finest edition of the master's work ever published. Much-married American movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn depends on his friends at Bachelors Anonymous to keep him out of romantic entanglements. But when devoted bachelor Trout takes it upon himself to thwart a romance between Pickering and a beautiful journalist, he sets in train a series of events which end in more than one marriage--including his own.
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Van tijd tot tijd verzeilt Bertie Wooster in de problemen. Het lijkt wel of alles en iedereen tegen hem is. Alsof er sprake is van een samenzwering die uiteindelijk eindigt in een onoverzichtelijke bende. Maar dan doet Jeeves zijn intrede. De slimme, discrete butler Jeeves. De redder in nood, kalm en wijs, smaakvol en onkreukbaar. Wat zou Wooster zonder hem moeten? Omnibus bevat: Butler's vaarwel De onnavolgbare Jeeves Bravo Jeeves Met Jeeves door dik en dun
"Не позвать ли нам Дживса?" - роман, в котором находчивый Дживс помогает молодому графу Рочестерскому выпутываться из всевозможных передряг, пока его легкомысленный хозяин Берти Вустер учится самостоятельности в специализированной школе для аристократов. В издание включены также рассказы "На выручку юному Гасси", "Командует парадом Дживс", "Берти меняет точку зрения" и другие истории, в которых неподражаемые Дживс и Вустер снова вместе.
One thing that constantly disrupts the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of impostors. Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice. Now there are two of them – both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth’s secretary, the efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot – despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood’s hapless affair of the heart.
L'uomo con due piedi sinistri
