Uncle Fred in the Springtime: (Blandings Castle) - Couverture souple

Wodehouse, P.G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099590735 ISBN 13 : 9780099590736

Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

This is a classic Blandings novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century. Uncle Fred believes he can achieve anything in the springtime. However, disguised as a loony-doctor and trying to prevent prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from falling into the hands of the unscrupulous Duke of Dunstable, he is stretched to his limit..."A cavalcade of perfect joy." (Caitlin Moran). "Sunlit perfection...Bask in its warmth and splendour". (Stephen Fry). "The best English comic novelist of the century." (Sebastian Faulks). "The greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness." (Julian Fellowes).

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as ‘Plum’) wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over 73 years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler’s Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged 93, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine’s Day.

Revue de presse :

"To have one of his books in your hand is to possess by way of a pill that can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use than printing Wodehouse." (Caitlin Moran)

"Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists. His world is perfect, his writing is perfect. What more is there to be said?" (Susan Hill)

"P. G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit." (Christopher Hitchens)

"An incomparable and timeless genius." (Kate Mosse)

"P. G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than valium and far, far more addictive." (Olivia Williams)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0099590735
• ISBN 13: 9780099590736
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288