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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20030330
Author:Michael Dirda

P.G. WODEHOUSE

In His Own Words

By Barry Day and Tony Ring

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Some admirable people simply don't "get" P.G. Wodehouse. I concede this as incontrovertible fact, just one of those de gustibus things, yet somehow can't quite fathom the lapse in good judgment. After all, consider the evidence. Wodehouse was deeply admired by M.R. James, Arthur Conan Doyle and A.E. Housman, the exacting authors of, respectively, the last century's most haunting ghostly tales, mystery stories and lyric poems. Kipling -- who would certainly know -- told a friend ...

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