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Fb2 collection of ebooks by P.G.Wodehouse
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Blandings Castle
The upper-class inhabitants of the fictional Blandings Castle, including the eccentric Lord Emsworth, obsessed by his prize-winning pig, the "Empress of Blandings", are the subject of eleven novels and nine short stories, written between 1915 and Wodehouse's death in 1975.
UK title and date of publication US title and date of publication Notes
Something Fresh 1915 Something New 1915
Leave it to Psmith 1923 1924
Summer Lightning 1929 Fish Preferred 1929
Heavy Weather 1933 1933
Blandings Castle 1935 1935 Twelve short stories, six of which are about Blandings; written from 1926 to 1928, they occur before the events of Summer Lightning
Lord Emsworth and Others 1937 Crime Wave at Blandings 1937 Despite its title, only one of the nine short stories, "The Crime Wave at Blandings", concerns Lord Emsworth
Uncle Fred in the Springtime 1939 1940
Full Moon 1947 1947
Nothing Serious 1950 1951 One story of ten, "Birth of a Salesman"
Pigs Have Wings 1952 1952
Service With a Smile 1961 1962
Galahad at Blandings 1965 1965
Plum Pie 1966 1967 One story of nine, "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" (Probably to be read before Service With a Smile)
A Pelican at Blandings 1969 No Nudes is Good Nudes 1970
Sunset at Blandings 1977 1978 Wodehouse's final novel, unfinished when he died
The Drones Club
The members of the Drones Club, a raucous social club for London's idle rich which was born in the Jeeves stories, are the subject of a number of separate stories, told by various narrators.
Young Men in Spats (1936) Eleven short stories about members of The Drones Club, three told by Mr Mulliner
Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) A story about Dronesman Freddie Widgeon in a book of nine (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
Nothing Serious (1950) One Freddie Widgeon in a book of ten
Barmy in Wonderland (1952)
Cocktail Time (1958)
A Few Quick Ones (1959) Ten short stories
Golf stories
Wodehouse wrote many of his short stories though no novels about the sport of golf, which all characters involved consider the only worthwhile pursuit in life. The Oldest Member narrates most of them.
The Man Upstairs (1914) One story in a book of nineteen
02The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922) Ten stories, nine told by the Oldest Member (U.S. title: Golf Without Tears)
The Heart of a Goof (1926) Nine golf stories (U.S. title: Divots)
Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929) One story in a book of nine
Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) Three stories in a book of nine (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
Nothing Serious (1950) Five stories in a book of ten
A Few Quick Ones (1959) One story in a book of ten
Plum Pie (1966) One story in a book of nine
Jeeves
The wealthy, foppish Bertie Wooster narrates a number of stories and novels, which, collectively called the Jeeves canon, are Wodehouse's most famous. They recount the improbable and unfortunate situations in which Bertie and his friends find themselves, and the manner in which his ingenious valet Jeeves is always able to solve them. Many of Bertie's problems stem from his aunts, the fearsome Aunt Agatha and loving Aunt Dahlia.
The Man With Two Left Feet (1917) A collection of thirteen short stories, one of which, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces Jeeves, Bertie, and Aunt Agatha, though Bertie's surname may be Mannering-Phipps rather than Wooster. Bertie has a cousin named Gussie Mannering-Phipps. Bertram did not have a surname, and it remains a matter of considerable debate amongst Wodehouse scholars as to whether he was indeed Bertie Wooster, or merely Bertie Mannering-Phipps.
1My Man Jeeves (1919) Eight short stories, four about Jeeves and four about Reggie Pepper
The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) Eleven short stories (U.S. title: Jeeves)
Carry on, Jeeves (1925) Ten short stories, five repeated in some form from My Man Jeeves
Very Good, Jeeves (1930) Eleven short stories
Thank You, Jeeves (1934) The first full-length Jeeves novel
6Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) (U.S. title: Brinkley Manor)
The Code of the Woosters (1938)
Joy in the Morning (1946) (U.S. title: Jeeves in the Morning)
The Mating Season (1949)
Ring for Jeeves (1953) In which Bill Belfry "borrows" Jeeves from Bertie (U. S. title: The Return of Jeeves)
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954) (U.S. title: Bertie Wooster Sees It Through)
A Few Quick Ones (1959) One Jeeves story in a book of ten
13Jeeves in the Offing (1960) (U.S. title: How Right You Are, Jeeves)
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)
Plum Pie (1966) One Jeeves story in a book of nine
16Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971) In which appears the only mention of Jeeves's Christian name, Reginald (U.S. title: Jeeves and the Tie That Binds)
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (1974) (U.S. title: The Catnappers)
Mr Mulliner
Mr Mulliner is a long-winded pub raconteur who tells outrageous stories about his family.
Meet Mr Mulliner (1927) Nine short stories
Mr Mulliner Speaking (1929) Nine short stories
Mulliner Nights (1933) Nine short stories
Blandings Castle (1935) Twelve short stories, five of which are about Mulliner
Young Men in Spats (1936) Eleven short stories about members of The Drones Club, three told by Mr Mulliner
Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) Nine short stories, one told by Mr Mulliner (U.S. title: Crime Wave at Blandings)
Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) One story in a book of nine
A Few Quick Ones (1959) Two stories in a book of ten
Psmith
Psmith is an ingenious jack-of-all-trades. The worlds of Psmith and Blandings overlap, as in his final adventure Psmith visits the Castle, becomes a friend of Freddie Threepwood and is eventually employed by Lord Emsworth.
Mike (1909) Reissued in two parts as Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith in 1953; the second part also published as Enter Psmith in 1935
02Psmith in the City (1910)
03Psmith Journalist (1915)
Leave it to Psmith (1923)
School stories
The Pothunters (1902)
A Prefect's Uncle (1903)
Tales of St. Austin's (1903)
04The Gold Bat (1904)
05The Head of Kay's (1905)
The White Feather (1907)
Mike (1909)
Ukridge
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a scheming character, always looking to enlarge his income.
01Love Among the Chickens (1906) The only full-length Ukridge novel
Ukridge (1924) Ten short stories, which apparently take place before the events of Love Among the Chickens
Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) Three stories in a book of nine
Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) Three stories in a book of nine
Nothing Serious (1950) One story in a book of ten
A Few Quick Ones (1959) One story in a book of ten
Plum Pie (1966) One story in a book of nine
Uncle Fred
Pongo Twistleton's Uncle Fred is a wily and mischievous former Pelican, with a love of taking of false identities.
Young Men in Spats (1936) Eleven short stories about members of The Drones Club, one of which introduces Uncle Fred
Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
Uncle Dynamite (1948)
Cocktail Time (1958)
Service With a Smile (1961)
Other
William Tell Told Again (1904)
Not George Washington (1907) A semi-autobiographical novel
The Globe By the Way Book (1908) A compilation from the column "By the Way", written by Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook, which appeared in The Globe
The Swoop (1909)
A Gentleman of Leisure (1910)
The Prince and Betty (1912)
07The Little Nugget (1913)
The Man Upstairs Nineteen short stories (1914)
09Uneasy Money (1917)
The Man With Two Left Feet (1917) a collection of thirteen short stories, one of which, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces Jeeves, Bertie, and Aunt Agatha
11Piccadilly Jim Partially a sequel to The Little Nugget (1918)
My Man Jeeves (1919) Eight short stories, four about Jeeves and four about Reggie Pepper
13A Damsel in Distress (1919)
14The Coming of Bill (1920)
Jill the Reckless (1921)
16Indiscretions of Archie (1921)
The Girl on the Boat (1922)
18The Adventures of Sally (1922)
Bill the Conqueror (1924)
Sam the Sudden (1925)
The Small Bachelor (1927)
Money for Nothing (1928)
Big Money (1931)
If I Were You (1931)
Louder and Funnier A collection of articles originally written for Vanity Fair magazine
Doctor Sally (1932)
Hot Water (1932)
Blandings Castle (1935) Twelve short stories: six Blandings, five Mulliner, and one about Bobbie Wickham which does not fit into any of the series
The Luck of the Bodkins (1935)
Laughing Gas (1936)
Summer Moonshine (1938)
Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets (1940) Four short stories about Bingo Little and one about Freddie Fitch-Fitch in a book of nine
Quick Service (1940)
Money in the Bank (1946)
35Spring Fever (1948)
Nothing Serious (1950) One Bingo Little and one Conky Biddle in a book of ten
The Old Reliable (1951)
Bring on the Girls (1951) An autobiographical collaboration with Guy Bolton, subtitled "The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, With Pictures To Prove It".
Performing Flea (1951) Subtitled "A Self-Portrait in Letters by P.G.Wodehouse, With an Introduction and Additional Notes by W. Townend". (U.S. title: Author! Author!)
French Leave (1956)
Over Seventy (1956) Subtitled "An Autobiography With Digressions". (U.S. title: America, I Like You)
Something Fishy (1957) (U.S. title: The Butler Did It)
Ice in the Bedroom (1961)
Frozen Assets (1964)
Plum Pie (1966) Nine short stories: one about Jeeves, one golf, one Freddie Threepwood, two Bingo Little, one Ukridge, two Freddie Widgeon, and one Mr Mulliner
Company For Henry (1967)
Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968)
The Girl in Blue (1970)
Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972)
Bachelors Anonymous (1973)
Posthumous publications
Many early works were published in book form for the first time after Wodehouse's death; some of these collections are listed here
The Swoop! and Other Stories (1979) (U.S. only) Contains The Swoop and ten shorts, four of them previously uncollected
The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories (1979) (U.S. only) Contains William Tell Told Again, three shorts and an "Epilogue"
03A Man of Means (1991) (UK only) Six early shorts, written in collaboaration with C. H. Bovill
Plum Stones (1993-95) (UK only) Twelve categorised volumes of stories and other writings
Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) (UK only) Twenty-five early school stories, twelve of them set at Wrykyn
The Luck Stone (1997) An adventure novel written under the pseudonym "Basil Windham", serialised in 1908
07Death At The Excelsior and Other Stories (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) A compilation of public-domain short stories
The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) A compilation of public-domain school stories
A Wodehouse Miscellany (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) A compilation of public-domain articles, short stories and poetry
A Prince for Hire (2003) Another blending of Psmith, Journalist and The Prince and Betty stories, originally serialised in 1931