Literature Network » P. G. Wodehouse

The gruntler.(Wodehouse: A Life)(Book Review)

Content courtesy of

From: National Review
Date: 20041213
Author:Teachout, Terry

Wodehouse: A Life, by Robert McCrum (Norton, 384 pp., $27.95)

TOO Good to Be True Dept.: The two reigning masters of the outrageous simile went to the same English public school. In fact, P. G. Wodehouse ("She looked at me like someone who has just solved the crossword puzzle with a shrewd 'Emu' in the top right-hand corner") and Raymond Chandler ("He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food") were near-contemporaries at Dulwich College, though they never met. Yet their characteristic modes of expression were similar to the point of occasional ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.



Other Articles on P. G. Wodehouse

  • A CELEBRATION OF ENGLISHNESS.(P.G. Wodehouse)
  • In search of Blandings: an investigation into the sources that inspired P.G. Wodehouse.
  • What s On: Welcome for Wodehouse Amateur Stage
  • P.G. Wodehouse paid by German Nazis.
  • One sign of P.G. Wodehouse's g ...
  • Seriously Silly: P.G. Wodehouse and His World
  • The work of P.G. Wodehouse is immortal, but he was guilty of a moral lapse
  • What s On: Welcome for Wodehouse; Amateur Stage.(Features)
  • LOVE OF THE MIDLANDS; The P G Wodehouse Society (UK) is coming to Birmingham for the first ti me next Saturday. Ross Reyburn discovers the Wodehouse Midland Trail.
  • Wodehouse secretly in pay of the Nazis, say MI5 files WARTIME INTELLIGENCE Secret papers reveal author was paid for propaganda work and would have been prosecuted if he had returned to UK
  • Find More Articles

    • About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.



    - 1G1-131003740
    Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily
    In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time.
    Email:
    		Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter
    Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.
    Email: