Hidden Gems, Musical Theatre, P.G. Wodehouse, Reviews34 Comments

A Centenary of A Damsel in Distress

October 4, 2019August 21, 2020 Honoria Plum

‘I’ve a headache.’‘I thought you would have, laddie, when I saw you getting away with the liquid last night. An X-ray photograph of your liver would show something that looked like a crumpled oak-leaf studded with hob-nails. You ought to take more exercise, dear heart. Except for sloshing that policeman, you haven’t done anything athletic for years.’ A Damsel in Distress A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse was first published in the USA on 4 October 1919, having previously been serialised in the Saturday Evening Post in May-June of the same year. The first UK edition was published on … Continue reading A Centenary of A Damsel in Distress

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Jeeves & Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse22 Comments

A Centenary of My Man Jeeves

June 1, 2019October 26, 2019 Honoria Plum

My Man Jeeves was published 100 years ago in May 1919. Jeeves–my man, you know–is really a most extraordinary chap. So capable. Honestly, I shouldn’t know what to do without him. On broader lines he’s like those chappies who sit … Continue reading A Centenary of My Man Jeeves

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P.G. Wodehouse, Psmith, School Stories25 Comments

P.G. Wodehouse reading list: the school stories

September 2, 2018April 30, 2022 Honoria Plum

Wodehouse Reading Guide:
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Hidden Gems, Novels17 Comments

A Centenary of Piccadilly Jim

August 19, 2018December 31, 2018 Honoria Plum

The residence of Mr. Peter Pett, the well-known financier, on Riverside Drive, is one of the leading eyesores of that breezy and expensive boulevard. As you pass by in your limousine, or while enjoying ten cents’ worth of fresh air … Continue reading A Centenary of Piccadilly Jim

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School Stories, World of Wodehouse4 Comments

A Shocking Affair

November 25, 2017August 9, 2020 Honoria Plum

The qualities which in later years rendered Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw so conspicuous a figure in connection with the now celebrated affair of the European, African, and Asiatic Pork Pie and Ham Sandwich Supply Company frauds, were sufficiently in evidence during … Continue reading A Shocking Affair

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Golfing Stories (The Oldest Member), The Great Romances, World of Wodehouse14 Comments

Great Wodehouse Romances: The Clicking of Cuthbert

January 17, 2014September 27, 2016 Honoria Plum

P. G. Wodehouse gave us many romances that linger long in our affections. Each February at Plumtopia is dedicated revisiting the Great Wodehouse Romances to mark the anniversary of his death on St Valentine’s Day, 1975. *** Cuthbert Banks and Adeline Smethurst One of the delights of a Wodehouse romance, is the inventiveness with which he steers his heroes and heroines toward their first meeting. Some of these introductions happen ‘off-stage,’ especially in the Wooster narratives, but elsewhere we are privileged witnesses to some truly memorable meetings. Among his fruitiest is the moment when golfer Cuthbert Banks interrupts Raymond Parsloe Devine’s … Continue reading Great Wodehouse Romances: The Clicking of Cuthbert