Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 245 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville Windham, Basil Wodehouse, P.G. A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Articles: Some aspects of game-captaincy. An unfinished collection. The new advertising. The secret pleasures of Reginald. My battle with drink. In defense of astigmatism. Photographers and me. A plea for indoor golf. The alarming spread of poetry. My life as a dramatic critic. The agonies of writing a musical comedy: which shows why librettists pick at the coverlet. On the writing of lyrics. The past theatrical season: and the six best perfomances by unstarred actors -- Poems: Damon and Pythias: a romance. The haunted tram -- Stories: When papa swore in Hindustani. Tom, Dick, and Harry. Jeeves takes charge. Disentangling old Duggie. Etext produced by Suzanne L. Shell, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories" by P. G. Wodehouse is a collection of humorous articles and stories likely written during the early 20th century. The work features a range of whimsical topics, showcasing Wodehouse’s signature wit and style as he delves into various aspects of life, humorously capturing the intricacies of human behavior and society. Key characters, such as the inept Game-Captain and the delightfully self-aware Reggie, illustrate the charm and folly that punctuate Wodehouse's observations. At the start of the collection, the tone is established through a richly comic critique of sportsmanship and social quirks, specifically focusing on the dynamics of being a Game-Captain alongside colorful descriptions of players with vastly differing levels of commitment. Each character type—a keen player, a partial slacker, and an absolute slacker—is fleshed out in a way that creates a lively tableau, ripe for both humor and reflection. The opening shifts seamlessly between anecdotes and character sketches, offering a taste of the variety in Wodehouse’s storytelling, while engaging readers with his clever language and satirical insights into the absurdities of both sport and social interactions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories, English Wooster, Bertie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Jeeves (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Valets -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Humor Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 228705 228706 2024-10-04T06:18:18.814151 2023-10-04T06:25:42.389532 text/html text/html 231567 2021-01-26T22:44:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 78308 2021-01-26T22:44:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 168785 2024-10-04T06:18:26.865638 application/epub+zip 170755 2024-10-04T06:18:22.545134 application/epub+zip 151969 2024-10-04T06:18:21.165152 application/epub+zip 368113 2024-10-04T06:18:29.965900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348357 2024-10-04T06:18:25.938661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276442 2022-09-04T09:22:39.342022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188337 188196 2024-10-04T06:18:18.081188 2023-10-04T06:25:41.751484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 188009 2016-08-15T05:06:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74055 2016-08-15T05:06:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 188000 2016-08-15T05:06:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74023 2016-08-15T05:06:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23937 2024-10-04T06:18:30.099602 application/rdf+xml 18291 2024-10-04T06:18:21.718181 image/jpeg 3996 2024-10-04T06:18:21.442151 image/jpeg 164670 2024-10-04T06:18:18.833163 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia