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Comedy & Satire eBook Series

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  • A Damsel in Distress

    A Comedy of an English Castle

    Series series Comedy & Satire
    An American composer in London hears a girl jump into his taxi to escape a pursuing gentleman, and by evening he has been mistaken for her suitor, insulted her brother and been invited to a castle where every servant has a bet on the outcome. Wodehouse worked on Broadway with Jerome Kern and wrote this in 1919; the servants' hall betting book is the machine that drives the whole plot, and it runs ... Read more

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  • Love Among the Chickens

    A Comedy of Rural Speculation

    Series series Comedy & Satire
    Jeremy Garnet is dragged to Dorset by Ukridge, a friend of monumental confidence and no capital, to help run a chicken farm on credit — no fences, no money, no idea — while Garnet courts a professor's daughter next door. Wodehouse wrote this in 1906 and Ukridge is his first great monster; the poultry economics are the funniest sustained thing in early Wodehouse. Forty-five plates of Edwardian ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of Sally

    A Comedy of Broadway

    Series series Comedy & Satire
    A girl comes into a small legacy, backs a friend's play with it, and discovers what New York does with money and enthusiasm. Wodehouse wrote this in 1922 in the middle of his Broadway years, and Sally is his best straight heroine — the comedy is intact, but she earns her way out, and the man she should not marry is drawn with real cruelty. Sixty plates of Ashcan School painting by John Sloan and ... Read more

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  • Indiscretions of Archie

    A Comedy of Hotel Life

    Series series Comedy & Satire
    Archie Moffam marries an American hotel magnate's daughter, whom her father would rather she had not, and takes up residence in the hotel — where he cannot make a telephone call, buy a painting or open a window without a catastrophe. Wodehouse assembled this in 1921 from magazine stories and it is his New York book: the millionaire is drawn with real accuracy, and Archie's uselessness is a fine ... Read more

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  • Piccadilly Jim

    The story of "Piccadilly Jim" is set in both England and the United States and follows the misadventures of its eponymous protagonist, James "Jim" Crocker. Jim Crocker is a jovial and carefree character who enjoys life and possesses a talent for getting into amusing and often embarrassing situations.The plot of the novel revolves around Jim's romantic entanglements and his efforts to navigate the ... Read more

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  • Jill the Reckless

    This romantic narrative set on either side of the Atlantic is a true tale of its time. First published in 1920, Jill the Reckless commences in the better circles of London society. Jill Mariner is engaged to Derek Underhill. Both of these young people are well to do and Derek has a title to boot! What better match could be made? Unfortunately matches made in heaven are generally between just two ... Read more

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  • Uneasy Money

    "Uneasy Money" is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in 1916. It is a light-hearted comedy that revolves around the themes of inheritance, romance, and social class.Plot SummaryThe story follows Lord Dawlish, also known as Bill, who is a charming but financially struggling young Englishman. He is engaged to a beautiful but materialistic woman named Claire Fenwick. Bill unexpectedly ... Read more

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  • The Girl on the Boat

    Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 1881 14 February 1975) was an English writer whose body of work includes novels, collections of short stories, and musical theatre. Wodehouse enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and his prolific writings continue to be widely read. Despite the political and social upheavals ... Read more

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  • The Intrusion of Jimmy

    Also published under the title A Gentleman of Leisure, The Intrusion of Jimmy plumbs the depths of misbegotten romantic entanglements with a level of skill and virtuosity that only famed British humorist P.G. Wodehouse could pull off without a hitch. After falling in love with a comely fellow passenger on a sea voyage, wealthy gadabout Jimmy Pitt is sucked into a downward spiral of unfortunate ... Read more

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  • Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories

    Although P.G. Wodehouse is best known as a writer of humorous fiction, he also tried his hand at other genres, as well. The title story in this wide-ranging collection is a detective story, albeit one that is served up with a heaping dollop of the hilarity for which Wodehouse's work is acclaimed. This comprehensive collection of short pieces from Wodehouse is a perfect introduction to his unique ... Read more

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  • Something New

    Something New by P. G. Wodehouse is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone ... Read more

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  • A Man of Means

    A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories first appeared in the United Kingdom in the Strand in 1914, and in the United States in Pictorial Review in 1916. They were later published in book form in the UK by Porpoise Books in 1991; the collection was released on Project Gutenberg in 2003. The stories all star ... Read more

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