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Perennial Library
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English
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For the first time in paperback in America, here is the perfect bedside treasury of the ineffable and endlessly funny P.G. Wodehouse stories about his two most famous characters. Here are thirty-four hilarious tales of the high life in London and the English countryside in an age when the world was infinitely carefree- the roaring twenties! All the characters familiar to Wodehouse fans appear in these stories: Sir Roderick Glossop, Aunt Agatha, Aunt...
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A full cast of Wodehouse creations--including tyrannical relatives, beastly acquaintances, demon children, and literary fatheads--return for further near catastrophes and sparkling comedy Overlook is proud to present four more antic selections from comic genius, P.G. Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress is an early novel about Belpher Castle, the idyllic home of the aristocratic Marshmoreton family and a precursor to the Blandings series. Leave it to Psmith...
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"A Gentleman of Leisure is a comic novel dedicated to Douglas Fairbanks--who starred in the film version; in "Hot Water, J. Wellington Gedge is the man who has everything--but finds himself caught in a series of international events. "Summer Moonshine involves a complicated love quadrangle and what is probably the ugliest home in England; and "Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of stories in which Jeeves takes charge and a familiar bevy of individuals...
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These wonderfully funny short stories feature a cast of outrageous characters, all plotting to save themselves from wedlock, poverty, or ignominy, with various degrees of success. This recording includes the following stories: 'All's Well with Bingo,' 'Bingo and the Peke Crisis,' 'The Editor Regrets,' 'Sonny Boy,' 'Anselm Gets His Chance,' 'Romance at Droitgate Spa,' 'A Bit of Luck for Mabel,' 'Buttercup Day,' and 'Ukridge and the Old Stepper.'
10) The girl in blue
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Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1971]
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English
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Young Jerry West has a few problems. His uncle Crispin is broke and employs a butler who isn't all he seems. His other uncle, Willoughby, is rich but won't hand over any of his inheritance. And to cap it all, although already engaged, Jerry has just fallen in love with the wonderful Jane Hunnicutt, whom he's just met on jury service. But she's an heiress, and that's a problem too-because even if he can extricate himself from his grasping fiancée,...
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Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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Stiff upper lip, Jeeves: Gussie Fink-Nottle must marry Madeleine Bassett or Bertie will be obliged to proffer the ring in his stead, so Jeeves and Bertie visit Totleigh Towers, a rural leper colony. It's suicide, but Gussie's engagement to that drip, Madeleine, must somehow be saved.
The inimitable Jeeves: When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into the mulligatawny, there is work for a wet-nurse....
20) Blandings Castle
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Welcome to Blandings Castle, home of the well-intentioned but often distracted Lord Emsworth—and there are quite a few distractions at this stately country house. Head gardener Angus McAllister has resigned before the Shrewsbury Agricultural Show, when Emsworth needs him most; Lady Constance, Emsworth’s officious sister, has caged her daughter in the castle to keep her away from the persistent Beefy Bingham; and the Blandings pigman, Wellbeloved,...
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