A Life in Letters

Wodehouse, P. G. (Book - - 2013)

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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.

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

Statement of Responsibility: P.G. Wodehouse ; edited by Sophie Ratcliffe

Title: A life in letters

Publisher: New York :, W.W. Norton & Co.,, 2013.

Edition: 1st American ed

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

Notes: Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011.
"The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note.

Bibliography: 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.

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

Topical Term: Novelists, English
Novelists, English

Additional Contributors: Ratcliffe, Sophie - 1975-

LCCN: 2012019989

ISBN: 9780393088991
0393088995

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