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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
P. G. Wodehouse
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A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being Wodehouse, all are amusing.
A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being Wodehouse, all are amusing.
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Arthur nodded, stropping a razor the while. He appeared to be bearing the revelations with complete fortitude. Yet, only a few weeks before, a customer's comment on this same whiteness had stirred him to his depths.
'And this morning—what do you think? Why, he meets me as bold as you please, and gives me a cake of toilet soap. Like his impudence!'
She paused, hopefully.
'Always useful, soap,' said Arthur, politely sententious.
'Lovely it was,' went on Maud, dully conscious of failure, but stippling in like an artist the little touches which give atmosphere and verisimilitude to a story. 'All scented. Horace will tease me about it, I can tell you.'
She paused. Surely he must—Why, a sea-anemone would be torn with jealousy at such a tale.
Arthur did not even wince. He. . . Read More
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A great writer doesn’t have to use many words to bring a story to life. P.G. Wodehouse was a great writer. It is maybe logical that he is best known for his novels but his novellas and short stories are qualitative their equals. This book contains fourteen uniquely different stories that will tantal
Romances sidetracked. Snappy silly banter, last century, wealthy high-society British, witty Albert Campion style. Objective observations on human behavior, especially in-love youngsters detoured by interfering outsiders or their own foolishness, in situations impossible today, expansive master voca
These early stories by PG Wodehouse were a good antidote to the intense James Purdy novel I was reading at the same time (Narrow Rooms). Both books were fantastical, each in its own way.
Not sure why this collection is listed as being "Golf Stories." There are 19 stories in this volume; about 1.5 hav
I will use this "review" for all the P. G. Wodehouse I have read. I read them all so long ago and enjoyed them so much that I have given them all 5 stars. As I re-read them I will adjust the stars accordingly, if necessary, and add a proper review.
When I first discovered P. G. Wodehouse I devoured e
For fans PG Wodehouse’s The Man upstairs and Other Stories is a prime chance to read early Wodehouse. For the non-fan these are very slight, light reads, humorous, occasionally laugh out loud short entertainments. Like all Wodehouse books these are fastidiously non-offensive, lacking anything impoli
Full disclosure: If I hadn't known that these books were written by Wodehouse, I wouldn't have guessed it. They really lacked his classic sparkle and wit. While a decent collection of short stories, they didn't have the magic that Wodehouse's writing generally has - many of the stories felt rather f
My first P.G. Wodehouse's book. The collection was more or less about love and romances.
It was funny, sometimes with a really wise message.
Most of them I give 3 or 3.5 stars, but I give even more for: 'Something to Worry About' (I liked it the best), 'When Doctors Disagree' and 'Ruth in Exile'.
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Much to enjoy - the titular opening story in particular has an efficiency and focus that is quite removed from the self-indulgence one might expect from the author in his later years, however enjoyable that always turns out to be. I was reminded of Saki by the craftsmanship and understatement, which