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A CELEBRATION OF ENGLISHNESS.(P.G. Wodehouse)

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From: Quadrant
Date: 19990701
Author:ROGGEVEEN, SAM

The political views of the English humorist P.G. Wodehouse are discussed. Topics include Wodehouse's attitude toward the aristocracy, parallels between Orwell and Wodehouse, Wodehouse's conservative response to Nazism, and his attitude to work.

SOME REFLECTIONS ON P.G. WODEHOUSE'S POLITICS

SOME YEARS AGO the language columnist for the Weekend Australian, Frank Devine, ran a competition in search of the greatest opening sentence to an English novel. Honourable mention was given to this gem by P.G. Wodehouse, from The Luck of the Bodkins:

 
   Into the face of the young man who ...

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