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Prince and Betty(2015) WODEHOUSE, P.G.And so it is that, in the process of telling their story, published early in his career, Wodehouse constructs the critique of Europe versus America, privilege versus enterprise, decadence versus adventure, which was to underpin many of his later tales.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Not George Washington(2014) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success and then for gratification.Vezava: Trda15,41 € -
Sunset At Blandings(2015) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Many old friends reappear to take their last bow: the Earl of Emsworth, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Beach the butler, the Empress of Blandings (Lord Emsworth’s prize pig), Freddie Threepwood (his son), G.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Mike at Wrykyn(2011) WODEHOUSE, P.G.This charming story of the Jackson cricketing dynasty describes the adventures of Mike Jackson at boarding school as he makes his way up the sporting ladder to the first eleven.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Tales of St Austin's(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.St Austin's school (as featured in The Pothunters) is the setting for twelve delightful early Wodehouse stories.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Monty Bodkin has returned to London from Hollywood, leaving Sandy Miller, his secretary there, heartbroken, because Monty loves English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick instead of her.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Mike and Psmith(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Mike is a seriously good cricketer who forms an unlikely alliance with old Etonian Psmith ('the P is silent') after they both find themselves fish out of water at a new school, Sedleigh, where they eventually overcome the hostility of others and their ownVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Bachelors Anonymous(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Much married American movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn depends on his friends at Bachelors Anonymous to keep him out of romantic entanglements on his trip to London.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Adventures of Sally(2011) WODEHOUSE, P.G.The Adventures of Sally is a transatlantic comedy set in worlds Wodehouse knew well: American theatres, English country houses, and the theatrical boarding-houses where young men and women dream of finding fame and fortune.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Tales of Wrykyn And Elsewhere(2014) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Several Sherlock Holmes parodies read as what they are – high-spirited experiments – but the longer stories delve deeper into character: together, they recreate a vanished world of school shops, fagging, Latin prep and hearty teas.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Prefect's Uncle(2010) WODEHOUSE, P.G.The action of the novel takes place at the fictional "Beckford College", a private school for boys; the title alludes to the arrival at the school of a mischievous young boy called Farnie, who turns out to be the uncle of the older "Bishop" Gethryn, a preVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Pelican at Blandings(2010) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Blandings Castle lacks its usual balm for the Earl of Emsworth, as his stern sister Lady Constance Keeble is once more in residence. With a painting of reclining nude at the centre of numerous intrigues, Gally's genius is once again required to sort thingVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Girl on the Boat(2007) WODEHOUSE, P.G.When Sam Marlowe falls in love with his cousin's sparky ex-fiancée he finds himself up against stiff opposition from her millionaire father, her father's best friend and the best friend's son for whom she is destined, all of them travelling together aboarVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Company For Henry(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Wendell wishes he could be rid of his embarrassing aunt Kelly, while Kelly wants to escape her financial dependence on Wendell. Henry's niece, Jane, needs to part from her glamorous but ghastly fiancé, Lionel, while Bill Hardy, who falls for Jane, needs nVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Head Of Kay's(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.It is the general view at Eckleton school that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. After the Summer Concert fiasco, Mr Kay resolves to remove Fenn from office and puts his house into special measures, co-opting Kennedy, second prefect of BlVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Barmy in Wonderland(2009) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Love is a powerful spur, and Cyril Fotheringay-Phipps (known to his friends as Barmy) invests his modest fortune in a stage production, encouraged by his admiration for the delectable Miss Dinty Moore. And so he demonstrates that affairs of the heart andVezava: Trda21,03 € -
Man With Two Left Feet(2009) WODEHOUSE, P.G.one however, "Extricating Young Gussie", is remarkable as the first appearance of some of Wodehouse's most well-known and beloved characters, Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster (although here Bertie's surname appears to be Mannering-Phipps, and Jeeves'Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Nothing Serious(2008) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Further stories of members of the Drones Club and several adventures related by the Oldest Member of the golf club. Many old friends reappear - Bingo Little and Mrs Bingo, Freddie Widgeon, Ambrose Gussett, Agnes Flack, Horace Bewstridge and many more. IncVezava: Trda21,03 €
