by Barry Day
Peter Mayer, Publisher, The Overlook Press
“Clothbound collector’s editions of the master’s work.
They’re beautiful books, much welcome.” —Bookforum
978-1-59020-869-4
978-1-59020-857-1
P. G. WODEHOUSE is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century, rightly admired throughout the world and translated into more than thirty languages. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, this series presents each Overlook Wodehouse as the finest edition of the master’s work ever published—beautifully designed and faithful to the original.
PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF P.G. Wodehouse
“Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever.”
—Douglas Adams
“Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.”
—Lynne Truss
“Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own.”
—Evelyn Waugh
P. G. WODEHOUSE (1881–1975) spent much of his life in Southampton, New York, but was born in England and educated in Surrey. He became an American citizen in 1955. In a literary career spanning more than seventy years, he published more than ninety books, twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies.
AVAILABLE FROM OVERLOOK
THE LITTLE NUGGET 978-1-58567-745-0 $19.95
HEAVY WEATHER* 978-1-58567-230-1 $19.95
VERY GOOD, JEEVES! 978-1-58567-746-7 $19.95
THE MATING SEASON 978-1-58567-231-8 $19.95
DO BUTLERS BURGLE BANKS? 978-1-58567-747-4
LAUGHING GAS 978-1-58567-232-5 $19.95
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THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS* 978-1-58567-057-4
THE COMING OF BILL 978-1-58567-744-3 $19.95
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FULL MOON 978-1-58567-836-5 $19.95
RIGHT HO, JEEVES 978-1-58567-058-1 $19.95
THE HEART OF A GOOF 978-1-58567-837-2 $19.95
PIGS HAVE WINGS 978-1-58567-059-8 $19.95
MONEY IN THE BANK 978-1-58567-657-6 $19.95
THE INIMITABLE JEEVES 978-1-58567-922-5 $19.95
SOMETHING FRESH 978-1-58567-658-3 $19.95
MONEY FOR NOTHING 978-1-58567-923-2 $19.95
MR. MULLINER SPEAKING 978-1-58567-659-0 $19.95
SAM THE SUDDEN 978-1-58567-977-5 $19.95
JILL THE RECKLESS 978-1-58567-660-6 $19.95
BIG MONEY 978-1-58567-978-2 $19.95
UNEASY MONEY 978-1-58567-572-2 $19.95
MY MAN JEEVES 978-1-58567-875-4 $19.95
PICCADILLY JIM 978-1-58567-616-3 $19.95
UNCLE DYNAMITE* 978-1-58567-874-7 $19.95
COCKTAIL TIME 978-1-58567-574-6 $19.95
THE GIRL ON THE BOAT 978-1-59020-009-4 $19.95
SPRING FEVER 978-1-58567-575-3 $19.95
PLUM PIE 978-1-59020-010-0 $19.95
QUICK SERVICE 978-1-58567-523-4 $19.95
BILL THE CONQUEROR 978-1-59020-067-4 $19.95
RING FOR JEEVES* 978-1-58567-524-1 $19.95
SOMETHING FISHY* 978-1-59020-068-1 $19.95
MUCH OBLIGED, JEEVES 978-1-58567-526-5 $19.95
PSMITH, JOURNALIST 978-1-59020-105-3 $19.95
UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME 978-1-58567-527-2
NOTHING SERIOUS 978-1-59020-106-0 $19.95
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AUNTS AREN’T GENTLEMEN 978-1-59020-165-7 $19.95
SUMMER LIGHTNING 978-1-58567-477-0 $19.95
DOCTOR SALLY 978-1-59020-166-4 $19.95
PSMITH IN THE CITY 978-1-58567-478-7 $19.95
GALAHAD AT BLANDINGS 978-1-59020-232-6 $19.95
UKRIDGE 978-1-58567-479-4 $19.95
A FEW QUICK ONES 978-1-59020-233-3 $19.95
A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 978-1-58567-430-5 $19.95
BARMY IN WONDERLAND* 978-1-59020-240-1 $19.95
LEAVE IT TO PSMITH 978-1-58567-432-9 $19.95
THE MAN WITH TWO LEFT FEET 978-1-59020-241-8
MULLINER NIGHTS 978-1-58567-433-6 $19.95
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THANK YOU JEEVES 978-1-58567-434-3 $19.95
THE INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE 978-1-59020-305-7
HOT WATER 978-1-58567-389-6 $19.95
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SUMMER MOONSHINE 978-1-58567-390-2 $19.95
FROZEN ASSETS 978-1-59020-306-4 $19.95
A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE 978-1-58567-391-9 $19.95
THE POTHUNTERS 978-1-59020-347-7 $19.95
CARRY ON, JEEVES 978-1-58567-392-6 $19.95
SERVICE WITH A SMILE 978-1-59020-346-0 $19.95
JEEVES IN THE OFFING* 978-1-58567-325-4 $19.95
A PELICAN AT BLANDINGS 978-1-59020-413-9 $19.95
THE LUCK OF THE BODKINS 978-1-58567-336-0 $19.95
A PREFECT’S UNCLE 978-1-59020-414-6 $19.95
YOUNG MEN IN SPATS 978-1-58567-337-7 $19.95
EGGS, BEANS, AND CRUMPETS 978-1-59020-411-5
BLANDINGS CASTLE 978-1-58567-338-4 $19.95
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JOY IN THE MORNING 978-1-58567-276-9 $19.95
THE GIRL IN BLUE 978-1-59020-472-6 $19.95
MEET MR. MULLINER 978-1-58567-275-2 $19.95
THE MAN UPSTAIRS 978-1-59020-471-9 $19.95
THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT 978-1-58567-278-3 $19.95
THE GOLD BOAT 978-1-59010-513-6 $19.95
LORD EMSWORTH AND OTHERS 978-1-58567-277-6
ICE IN THE BEDROOM 978-1-59010-512-9 $19.95
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LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS 978-1-59010-678-2 $19.95
JEEVES AND THE FEUDAL SPIRIT 978-1-58567-229-5
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THE OLD REPUBLIC 978-1-59010-679-9 $19.95
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ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE OVERLOOK PRESS
The Fry Chronicles
Stephen Fry
978-1-4683-0148-9 (Paperback)
With 53 color and 17 black-and-white photographs
“Funny, poignant … His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation.”
—The Washington Post
“Charming … His compilation of crotchets can be both compelling and cockamamie.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book.”
—The Times (London)
“This is one of the funniest, most generous, most daring pieces of confessional writing published for years.”
—The Telegraph
“Fry begins with an unnecessary apology for the ordinariness of his writing, and then proceeds to write masterfully, assessing himself with his signature blend of self-loathing and baffled amusement … The memoir stands as proof of the author’s intelligence, wit, and insight.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Perfect comfort book, at once soothing, funny and touching …
P. G. Wodehouse in his Own Words will send you scurrying
out for Plum’s novels and short story collections.”
—Washington Post Book World
From the publisher of the acclaimed Collector’s Wodehouse editions, P.G. Wodehouse In His Own Words is a sparkling collection of excerpts from the master’s own writings that reveals a wonderfully entertaining gloss on Wodehouse’s own life story. Quotations from a literary career spanning more than seventy years are arranged in chapters that move from childhood, to school years, to the various preoccupations of the grown man. A linking narrative, skillfully supplied by Wodehouse aficionado Barry Day and former President of the International Wodehouse society Tony Ring, brilliantly ties all the material together.
Full of the scintillating wordplay and comedy that characterize Wodehouse’s novels, stories, letters, and nonfiction, this handsome volume is the perfect addition to any library.
“Delectable compendium
of quotes from Bertie Wooster’s creator.”
—Village Voice
BARRY DAY is a life-long admirer of Wodehouse, and the author and editor of many books about the world of theater and literature, including Noel Coward: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics, also available from Overlook.
TONY RING is the former President of the International Wodehouse Association and has written an eight-part Concordance covering all of Wodehouse’s fiction.
For a complete list of titles in Overlook’s Collector’s Wodehouse series,
please visit http://www.overlookpress.com/p-g-wodehouse.html
* Paternal and maternal aunts. (Sorry about the footnote!)
* Should any Americans happen to read this, make that – UNCLE PLUM IN THE FALL.
(Positively the final footnote!)
