P G Wodehouse

"Please, sir, it's about my salary." His age was twenty-two and his name was Roland Bleke. Mr. Fineberg, at his word, drew himself together much as a British square at Waterloo must have drawn itself together at the sight of a squadron of cuirassiers. "Salary?" he cried. "What about it? What's the matter with it? You get it, don't you?" "Yes, sir, but --" "Well? Don't stand there like an idiot. What is it?" "It's too much." Mr. Fineberg's brain reeled. It was improbable that the millennium could have arrived with a jerk; on the other hand, he had distinctly heard one of his clerks complain that his salary was too large. . . .

"This robbery of the pots is a rum thing," said Vaughan, thoughtfully, when the last shreds of Plunkett's character had been put through the mincing-machine to the satisfaction of all concerned. "Yes. It's the sort of thing one doesn't think possible till it actually happens." "What the dickens made them put the things in the Pav. at all? They must have known it wouldn't be safe." "Well, you see, they usually cart them into the Board Room, I believe, only this time the governors were going to have a meeting there. They couldn't very well meet in a room with the table all covered with silver pots." "Don't see why." "Well, I suppose they could, really, but some of the governors are fairly nuts on strict form. There's that crock who makes the two-hour vote of thanks speeches on Prize Day. You can see him rising to a point of order, and fixing the Old 'Un with a fishy eye." "Well, anyhow, I don't see that they can blame a burglar for taking the pots if they simply chuck them in his way like that." "No. I say, we'd better weigh in with the Livy. The man Ward'll be round directly. Where's the dic? AND our invaluable friend, Mr. Bohn? Right. Now, you reel it off, and I'll keep an eye on the notes." And they settled down to the business of the day.

The Man Upstairs is a collection of short stories, it is a miscellaneous collection, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters; most of the stories concern love and romance.There were three distinct stages in the evolution of Annette Brougham's attitude towards the knocking in the room above. In the beginning it had been merely a vague discomfort. Absorbed in the composition of her waltz, she had heard it almost subconsciously. The second stage set in when it became a physical pain like red-hot pincers wrenching her mind from her music. Finally, with a thrill in indignation, she knew it for what it was -- an insult. The unseen brute disliked her playing, and was intimating his views with a boot-heel. Defiantly, with her foot on the loud pedal, she struck -- almost slapped -- the keys once more. "Bang " from the room above. "Bang Bang "Also includes "Something to Worry About," "Deep Waters," "When Doctors Disagree," "By Advice of Counsel," "Rough-Hew Them How We Will," "The Man Who Disliked Cats," "Ruth in Exile," "Archibald's Benefit," "The Man, the Maid, and the Miasma," "The Good Angel," "Pots o'Money," "Out of School," "Three from Dunsterville," "The Tuppenny Millionaire," "Ahead of Schedule," "Sir Agravaine," "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat," and "In Alcala."Wodehouse worked extensively on his books, sometimes having two or more in preparation simultaneously. He would take up to two years to build a plot and write a scenario of about thirty thousand words. After the scenario was complete he would write the story. Early in his career he would produce a novel in about three months but he slowed in old age to around six months. He used a mixture of Edwardian slang, quotations from and allusions to numerous poets and several literary techniques to produce a prose style that has been compared with comic poetry and musical comedy.

Wodehouse is at his most sparkling in this collection of stories concering members of the Drones Club. Pongo Twistleton and Freddie Widgeon may be small of brain and short of cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures, especially when it comes to falling in love with the wrong girl or cooking up hopeless schemes to make money. They and their contemporaries populate a series of vignettes in which the plot-twists keep you on your toes while the jokes keep on coming.

Splendid collection contains first eight stories featuring Bertie Wooster, the deliciously dim aristocrat and Jeeves, his brainy, imperturbable manservant. Also, the complete Reggie Pepper (Bertie''s prototype) series.

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och den odräglige arbetsgivaren Wooster har blivit särskilt älskade. Har Bertie Wooster någonsin varit intrasslad i en värre härva olyckor? Det börjar med att hans favoritfaster Dahlia ber honom gå in i en antikhandel och fnysa åt en silverpjäs. Det låter kanske enkelt, men allt som kan gå fel går fel. Snart tvingas Bertie till godset Totleigh Towers, som mycket väl kan vara helvetet på jorden, för att stjäla silverpjäsen av dess nye ägare. Med den fruktansvärde fascistpampen Sir Roderock Spode i hasorna blir det ännu svårare att föra sig som det anstår en Wooster . Som det anstår en Wooster utkom 1938 och finns med i Telegraphs "15 bästa komiska böckerna av alla tider", i Esquires "30 roligaste böckerna som någonsin skrivits", Guardians "1 000 böcker alla måste läsa" och Penguin Books "100 klassiker du måste läsa". Här återutges den i Birgitta Hammars briljanta översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien.

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och den odräglige arbetsgivaren Wooster har blivit särskilt älskade. I Allright, Jeeves! vill Bertie Wooster för en gångs skull hjälpa sina vänner utan att be om Jeeves goda råd. Framgången blir måttlig. Istället för att ordna så att Gussie Fink-Nottle kan förlova sig med sin älskade Madeline Bassett är det plötsligt Bertie som förlovats med henne. Vad Bertie än sedan tar sig till ökar bara kaoset och kulminerar i Gussies högtidstal i byskolan som skådespelaren Stephen Fry dubbat till "det enskilt roligaste stycket som skrivits på engelska språket". Därefter finns inget annat att göra än att hoppas att Jeeves kan rycka in innan det är för sent. Allright, Jeeves! utkom 1934 och har korats till "Bästa komiska boken av en engelsk författare" i en offentlig omröstning på nätet. Här återutges den i Birgitta Hammars briljanta översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien. "Ingen boksamling, oavsett storlek, bör vara utan ett välanvänt exemplar av Allright, Jeeves!" John Le Carré

"Den mest produktive och mest välgörande författaren någonsin" Stephen Fry P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) har kallats världens populäraste humorist. Hans fristående böcker om den vise betjänten Jeeves och hans odräglige arbetsgivare Wooster har blivit särskilt lästa och älskade. I Tack Jeeves! har Bertie Wooster funnit en ny hobby: banjon. Att grannarna stör sig på att han börjat klinka i tid och otid är en sak - men plötsligt säger Jeeves upp sig! När det otänkbara skett söker Bertie och banjon tröst på landet. Men inte heller där ges han någon ro. Snart trängs alldeles för många oönskade storheter från hans förflutna där - den gamla flamman Pauline Stoker och hjärnskrynklaren Sir Roderick Glossop för att nämna två av de absolut värsta. Den enda som till sist saknas, och saknas alltmer desperat, är Jeeves . Tack, Jeeves! utkom 1934 och finns med i Telegraphs "15 bästa komiska böckerna av alla tider", i Esquires "30 roligaste böckerna som någonsin skrivits", Guardians "1 000 böcker alla måste läsa" och Penguin Books "100 klassiker du måste läsa". Här återutges den i Vilgot Hammarlings klassiska översättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av Johan Hakelius, ledamot av Wodehouseakademien.