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Author Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.

Title A life in letters / P.G. Wodehouse ; edited by Sophie Ratcliffe.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 WODEHOUSE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B WODEHOUSE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  823.912 WODEHOUSE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B WODEHOUSE, PELHAM GRENVILLE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-WODEHOUSE WOD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B WODEHOUSE P.G. W    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xvi, 602 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-575) and index.
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'.
Summary 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.
Subject Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 -- Correspondence.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Added Author Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-
ISBN 9780393088991 hardback
0393088995 hardback
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