Book
A life in letters
Record details
- ISBN: 0393088995 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780393088991 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
xvi, 602 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011. "The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Childhood -- Dulwich -- 1899/1900: "Set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame" -- Early career -- 1901/1909: "Got a plot, thanks" -- New York -- 1909/1914: "American hustle" -- Love on Long Island -- 1914/ 1918: "Something fresh" -- The roaring Twenties -- 1919/1930: "This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old fame" -- Wodehouse in Hollywood -- 1930/1931: "This place is loathsome" -- Wodehouse in the Thirties -- 1932/1940: "A jolly strong position" -- Internment -- 1940/1941: "Am quite happy here" -- The broadcasts -- Berlin -- 1941/1943: "So little to tell" -- Paris -- 1943/1947: "Under surveillance" -- Return to America -- 1947/1954: "New York is overwhelming" -- Final years -- 1954/1975: "He did take trouble." |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975 Correspondence Novelists, English 20th century Biography Novelists, English 20th century Correspondence |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hamlin Library | 823.912 WOD (Text) | 38427000538554 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Wayne County Public Library | 823.912 WOD (Text) | 31843001181144 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Western Pocono Community Library | B Wodehouse, P. G. (Text) | 31119000304593 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
