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Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories

Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories

Summary

‘Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?’
‘Certainly one does. I am all for it.’

Aunts, engagements, misunderstandings and hangover cures; this delightful collection from ‘the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness’ (Julian Fellowes) brings together a baker’s dozen of P. G. Wodehouse’s finest short stories.

‘A comic master’ David Walliams

‘A cavalcade of perfect joy’ Caitlin Moran

Reviews

  • a great introduction to Wodehouse or a treat for established fans
    Sunday Mirror

About the author

P.G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.
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