Psmith in the City

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~ Considering what a prominent figure Mr John Bickersdyke was to be in Mike Jackson's life, it was only appropriate that he should make a dramatic entry into it. This he did by walking behind the bowler's arm when Mike had scored ninety-eight, causing him thereby to be clean bowled by a long-hop. It was the last day of the Ilsworth cricket week, and the house team were struggling hard on a damaged wicket. During the first two matches of the week all had been well. Warm sunshine, true wickets, tea in the shade of the trees. But on the Thursday night, as the team champed their dinner contentedly after defeating the Incogniti by two wickets, a pattering of rain made itself heard upon the windows. By bedtime it had settled to a steady downpour. On Friday morning, when the team of the local regiment arrived in their brake, the sun was shining once more in a watery, melancholy way, but play was not possible before lunch. After lunch the bowlers were in their element. The regiment, winning the toss, put together a hundred and thirty, due principally to a last wicket stand between two enormous corporals, who swiped at everything and had luck enough for two whole teams. The house team followed with seventy-eight, of which Psmith, by his usual golf methods, claimed thirty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421851716
Publisher:	1st World Library
Publication date:	02/21/2013
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic author who experienced huge success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be broadly read over 40 years after his death. He was an English writer and one of the most comprehensively read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford on 15 October 1881, the son of a British Magistrate established in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College. Later he worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London for two years. He wrote part-time while working in the bank, usually proving successful enough to take it up as a full-time profession. He was a journalist with The Globe (an inactive English newspaper) for several years before usually going to Hollywood, where he earned huge amount as a screenwriter. He was a creative author, writing 96 books in a career scaling from 1902-1975. His works consist of novels, collections of short stories, and a musical comedy. He is best well-known as the creator of Jeeves. He passed on 14 February 1975 in New York, United States.

Date of Birth:

October 15, 1881

Date of Death:

February 14, 1975

Place of Birth:

Guildford, Surrey, England

Place of Death:

Southampton, New York

Education:

Dulwich College, 1894-1900

Table of Contents

1	Mr Bickersdyke Walks Behind the Bowler's Arm	11
2	Mike Hears bad News	19
3	The New Era Begins	24
4	First Steps in a Business Career	30
5	The Other Man	37
6	Psmith Explains	42
7	Going into Winter Quarters	48
8	The Friendly Native	55
9	The Haunting of Mr Bickersdyke	63
10	Mr Bickersdyke Addresses His Constituents	69
11	Misunderstood	76
12	In a Nutshell	82
13	Mike is Moved on	89
14	Mr Waller Appears in a New Light	94
15	Stirring Times on the Common	101
16	Further Developments	109
17	Sunday Supper	115
18	Psmith Makes a Discovery	123
19	The Illness of Edward	129
20	Concerning a Cheque	135
21	Psmith Makes Inquiries	140
22	And Takes Steps	147
23	Mr Bickersdyke Makes a Concession	151
24	The Spirit of Unrest	160
25	At the Telephone	165
26	Breaking the News	170
27	At Lord's	176
28	Psmith Arranges His Future	184
29	And Mike's	190
30	The Last Sad Farewells	197