What Ho!
Have you ever buzzed off in search of a Utopian existence? Well I have, and it’s dashed difficult to find. The closest I’ve managed is curling up with a book by P.G. Wodehouse and letting the world go by. Plumtopia aims to share this joy with others.
If you are new to Wodehouse, you’ll find plenty of reading lists and tips. Get started with the P.G. Wodehouse Reading Guide.
If you’re new to Plumtopia, here are few favourite pieces:
- You’ll find lots of reviews here, but A Damsel in Distress at the Chichester Festival is probably my favourite.
- P.G. Wodehouse in Bath: The Loafing Years reveals Wodehouse’s connection with this great literary town. A Day Out with the Wiltshire Gudgeons explores his connections with the region.
- Suffering from cheerfulness: Wodehouse at War looks beyond wartime propaganda and contemporary clickbait about Wodehouse’s wartime broadcasts
- P.G. Wodehouse: A Broadway Centenary — by Tony Ring is one of many guests posts at Plumtopia — looking at Wodehouse’s lesser known Broadway career.
- Discover: What do Wodehouse lovers read when they’re not reading Wodehouse?
- 50 Shades of Wodehouse Homage considers whether Wodehouse imitation ought to be attempted and in ‘The F of the S: A Junior Lipstick tale’ I attempt it myself.
- Read about my personal highlight: a Visit to the Wodehouse Family Archives.
- Or go back to where it all began in 2011 with In Search of Plumtopia.
I hope Plumtopia may become a haven for you also. I love to share guest posts and Wodehouse posts by other bloggers, and your contributions are very welcome.
Please make yourself at home and don’t hesitate to ring the bell if there’s anything you need.
HP
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thanks for the follow! 🙂 love the blog! x
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Thanks for following my blog, honoriaplum! I have followed you likewise. 🙂
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It was my pleasure. Your blog is great!
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Hope you are well. Would you recall the title of the PGW book where the hero rescues the heroine’s cat from a tree top?
Shall be much obliged for some information!
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Off the top of my head I do not recall this. I shall send the word out among my Wodehouse chums.
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What Ho, again Ashokbhatia! My advisers tell me the titles you want are ‘Sam the Sudden’ and ‘Company for Henry’
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Interesting site; I shall return often and anon. Suggest you add ‘Tales of Wrykyn’ to the School Stories.
Can you clarify the difference between the ‘Mike’ and ‘Mike and Psmith’ books in the list?
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Just stumbled onto this blog. Love it. Plan to spend way too much time here. I’m a Plum fanboy and also a Shakespeare enthusiast. I blogged a Bertie and Jeeves -esqe review of a local production some time back … https://presbyteer.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/pericles-prince-of-tyre/
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My dear old presbyteer, welcome to the fold. Mrs Plum is a most amiable person and just about the only thing better than settling down in her electronic armchair for a bit of comfort in these pestilential days is slumping in a real armchair with real Plum. I liked your Jeeves and Wooster parody. Toodle-pip for now.
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I say chaps, what are the definitions of egg, bean and crumpet? I’d like to know so that I can see where I slot in.
TTFN
Richard.
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Thank you for your guide !!
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Thank you for the guide, i only know Jeeves … now i will read more P.G.Wodehouse (spanish or italian)
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I hope you enjoying reading them, Ramon.
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I am in search of an EXACT QUOTE from Bertie. It goes something like this: “It was one of those grim chronicles of peasant life that you return to the shelf after a few pages.” I’d like to find the story, for the exact wording of the quote.
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Good luck Kris. It rings a bell, but I don’t know the source for this one off-hand.
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What ho, Honoria! Long time no see. I’d love to have a conversation with you — please get in touch. Fellow Wodehouseans in the US and UK were asking after you last week. Pip, pip — Noel
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What Ho Noel.
Will do. It’s nice to be remembered, despite being regrettably absent from the airwaves (or whatever kind of waves we’re on here).
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