The Novel Life of P.G. Wodehouse - Softcover

Easdale, Roderick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954291360 ISBN 13: 9780954291365

Publisher: Superscript, 2004

Synopsis

Was PG Wodehouse really a traitor, a naive simpleton, dominated by his wife and out of touch with the world around him? This book successfully challenges many of the accepted wisdoms about PG Wodehouse and his work and skilfully entwines details of Wodehouse's life with an examination of his work to show that, contrary to popular belief, many of the scenarios and characters and issues he wrote about came from his own, sometimes bitter, personal experience. Easdale gives fresh insight into PG Wodehouse's alleged "treachery" during World War II and his motives for making five radio broadcasts from Germany which were to cast a shadow over the rest of his life. It also offers a refreshing and accessible study of his work as a novelist and short story writer, which shows, for instance, how Bertie Wooster is a much misunderstood figure in literature, and one who shared many of the characteristics and life story of PG Wodehouse himself.

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Review

"This fascinating examination . . . offers a refreshing and accessible study of his work. -- Press Association

. . . if P G Wodehouse wrote about a setting he liked to have a particular place in mind.. -- Country Life

From the Publisher

This elegant little biography is as thought-provoking as it is absorbing and amusing. As an academic publishers this is not a territory into which we would normally stray but this is a most well-researched and scholarly work and is, in the view of our Editorial Board, quite the best study of PGW and his work written so far.

Edition details

• Publisher: Superscript
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954291360
• ISBN 13: 9780954291365
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Connolly Emma Jane
• Number of pages: 208