Money for Nothing

Informationen zum Autor P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'. Klappentext The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy. who were all previously encountered in Sam The Sudden (1925) and would return in Money in the Bank (1946). Hugo Camody, Lester's nephew, and his friend Ronnie Fish, would appear later in Blandings Castle, home of Ronnie's uncle Lord Emsworth, in Summer Lightening (1929) and Heavy Weather (1933) Zusammenfassung The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy.

Product details

• Authors: P. G. Wodehouse, P.G. Wodehouse
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2007
• EAN: 9781841591490
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-149-0
• No. of pages: 307
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 175 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE; Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, Humour, Humorous fiction, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Relating to higher socioeconomic groups / status