Book Description
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 is a comedy adventure involving crime and gunplay, all set into motion by an umbrella in the Drones Club and Mulliner Nights is a series of stories about the inimitable Mr. Mulliner, his extraordinary relations, and the tipsy bishops, angry baronets, lady novelists, and haughty dowagers who frequent the bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest. Meanwhile, Lord Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves in Thank You, Jeeves, while pursuing the love of his life, but when he finds out that Jeeves's employer, Bertie Wooster, was once engaged to Pauline himself, fearsome complications develop.
About the Author
P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975), before becoming an American citizen, was born in Surrey, and educated in London. He spent much of his life in Southampton, Long Island enjoying a literary career that spanned more than seventy years. He published more than ninety books, twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies.
Thank You, Jeeves ANNOTATION
"The glory of Jeeves passes all overstatement. This incomparable valet reaches his apotheosis in Thank You, Jeeves."--New York Times
FROM THE PUBLISHER
"The glory of Jeeves passes all overstatement. This incomparable gentleman's gentleman, this valet of destiny who has been blazing with a nobler effulgence through Mr. Wodehouse's novels, reaches his apotheosis in Thank You, Jeeves."--New York Times