Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

The life of Jimmy Crocker, (a.k.a. Piccadilly Jim) has been little more than broken promises and drunken brawls. However, Jim has fallen in love and taken to reforming himself. Unfortunately, to win the heart of his intended, Jim must pretend to be someone else.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357396387
Publisher:	Alpha Edition
Publication date:	09/15/2023
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.52(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 a 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 died 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

Editorial Reviews

Wodehouse spoofs again the British upper crust in this 1917 title, which finds the incorrigible title character facing reform by his haughty aunt.”

Library Journal

An idyllic world of sublime comedy. No better place to escape.”

Sunday Times (London)

Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.”

Audiobooksreview.co.uk 

The farce is ingenious...The ideal Christmas gift for Wodehousians.”

Observer (London)

Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.”

Audiobooksreview.co.uk

An idyllic world of sublime comedy. No better place to escape.

The Sunday Times

The farce is ingenious; Martin Jarvis brings the book to life...the ideal Christmas gift for Wodehousians.

The Observer

Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.

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