Jolly Festive, Jeeves

Seasonal Stories from the World of Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse

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Thirteen hilarious, comforting stories from the master of comedic writing, P G Wodehouse

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHY RENTZENBRINK

'For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one' MARIAN KEYES

'Sunlit perfection' STEPHEN FRY

'Wodehouse is as loved as ever, and his vivid prose style and unique comic invention are major contributions to English fiction' GUARDIAN

A joyous romp through a year of Wodehouse's most treasured stories, month by month. The ultimate gift for anyone who needs cheering throughout the year. All of his treasured characters are here, Jeeves, Smith and, of course, the Empress of Blandings herself.

'Paper has rarely been put to better use' CAITLIN MORAN

'Ingenious. Worth reading again and again' SPECTATOR

'Incomparable and timeless genius' KATE MOSSE

'The funniest writer ever to put words to paper' HUGH LAURIE

Published: 2 November 2023
ISBN: 9781804944615
Imprint: Penguin
Format: EBook
Pages: 336

Categories:

Humour

About the author

P.G. Wodehouse

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as ‘Plum’) wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler’s Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine’s Day.