Tag Archives: P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse, “Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves”

Posted on May 28, 2012 by carolwallace

It was startling to finish Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, and find that it was copyrighted in 1962. P.G. Wodehouse hit his stride — well, you could say in 1919, with the publication of four stories as My Man, Jeeves. (Something … Continue reading →

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P. G. Wodehouse, “My Man Jeeves”

Posted on September 27, 2011 by carolwallace

I’ll admit I was a little desperate after finishing Emile Zola’s La Débâcle. I needed entertainment — no, I needed jollity! Hence, Wodehouse. Now, I’m pretty new to his work and gosh, there’s a lot of it. Worse, I was … Continue reading →

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Sarah Caudwell, “Thus Was Adonis Murdered”

Posted on March 28, 2010 by carolwallace

Sarah Caudwell wrote a short series of mysteries in the 1980s that featured a group of young, attractive barristers who managed to stumble into and out of murderous situations. The books are clever, arch, drenched in irony, not even faintly … Continue reading →

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P.G. Wodehouse, “Right Ho, Jeeves”

Posted on February 21, 2010 by carolwallace

Eureka! I finally liked Wodehouse! I’ve been trying to achieve this feat for years. Many people think it isn’t a feat at all. They find it completely normal to enjoy the antics of Bertie Wooster, as recounted by his affectionate … Continue reading →

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Edmund Crispin, “The Case of the Gilded Fly”

Posted on January 24, 2010 by carolwallace

Stop the presses for a startling literary discovery — the first inklings of meta-fiction in a Golden Age English murder mystery! Yes indeed: in the early pages of The Case of the Gilded Fly professor/detective Gervase Fen says “In fact … Continue reading →

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