| Contents |
Childhood -- Dulwich -- 1899/1900: "Set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame" -- Early career -- 1901/1909: "Got a plot, thanks" -- New York -- 1909/1914: "American hustle" -- Love on Long Island -- 1914/ 1918: "Something fresh" -- The roaring Twenties -- 1919/1930: "This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old fame" -- Wodehouse in Hollywood -- 1930/1931: "This place is loathsome" -- Wodehouse in the Thirties -- 1932/1940: "A jolly strong position" -- Internment -- 1940/1941: "Am quite happy here" -- The broadcasts -- Berlin -- 1941/1943: "So little to tell" -- Paris -- 1943/1947: "Under surveillance" -- Return to America -- 1947/1954: "New York is overwhelming" -- Final years -- 1954/1975: "He did take trouble." |
| Abstract |
A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century. |
| General note | Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011. |
| General note | "The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012019989 |
| ISBN | 9780393088991 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0393088995 (hbk.) |
