Ukridge

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

One of the greatest English comic writers of our time, P.G. Wodehouse represents an antic high point in the world of farce and social satire. His characters and settings have entered our language and our mythology. Best known for the creation of two fictional worlds based on Blandings Castle and the Wooster -- Jeeves duo, Wodehouse is appreciated the world over for his exceedingly clever and comically savvy send-ups of the idle rich in twentieth-century England. Overlook is proud to have embarked on a program of handsomely packaged full-cloth editions, arguably the finest editions of the master ever published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023493963
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/29/2025
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) spent much of his life in Southampton, New York, but was born in England and educated in Surrey. He became an American citizen in 1955. In a literary career spanning more than seventy years, he published more than ninety books and twenty film scripts, and collaborated on more than thirty plays and musical comedies.

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	Ukridge's Dog College	11
2	Ukridge's Accident Syndicate	34
3	The Debut of Battling Billson	57
4	First Aid for Dora	85
5	The Return of Battling Billson	109
6	Ukridge Sees Her Through	136
7	No Wedding Bells for Him	161
8	The Long Arm of Looney Coote	192
9	The Exit of Battling Billson	221
10	Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner	245

Editorial Reviews

Seemingly a distant cousin of Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster, Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a conniving British ne’er-do-well whose hare-brained schemes inevitably embroil the narrator, his old school friend “Corky” Corcoran, in some embarrassing, uncomfortable, and expensive fallout. Reader Jonanthan Cecil endows each comic character with abundant warmth and humor. He skimps not at all on vocal nuance, regional accent, and the overall sense of fun. Listeners will almost be able to see the facial expressions of the loony inhabitants of Ukridge’s world, including the absurd title character himself. D.J.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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