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Author:

Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.

Title:

P.G. Wodehouse : a life in letters / edited by Sophie Ratcliffe.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 602 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Wodehouse, P. G.--(Pelham Grenville),--1881-1975--Correspondence.
Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.
Novelists, English--20th century--Correspondence.

Other Authors:

Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-

Notes:

Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011. 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.".

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.

ISBN:

0393088995
9780393088991

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)