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The 'plum' behind Jeeves; Discovering the sublime humor and shy life of P.G. Wodehouse.(BOOKS)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20041219
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Byline: James E. Person Jr., SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In all of modern English and Americanliterature there have been only two writers who have been given the sobriquet "the Master." One was Henry James,author ofexquisitely wroughtworks that are today largely (and unfairly) read only in university literature courses. The other "master" was P. G. Wodehouse, a comedic writer who crafted roughly 80 novels and approximately 300 short stories, all of which are in print today and are beloved by readers in every strata of society.

For one thing, Wodehouse was a master ...

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