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Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Classic Fiction
The uncle in question is Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course, it must be said, of a plot that involves blackmail, impersonation, kn ...Show more
Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Interior Design
Although the story of "Uncle Dynamite" concerns Bill Oakshott's struggle to find ways of getting his girl while financing his inheritance at Ashenden Manor, the real hero of the book is Frederick Altamont Cornwallis, fifth Earl of Ickenham. This noble lord describes himself as 'one of the hottest earls ...Show more
Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Classic Fiction
'One of the greatest and silliest stories ever told' Greg James'A brilliant writer. Extraordinary' Philip PullmanPoor Pongo Twistleton must endure his sixty-year-old Uncle Fred once a year. But this year, mischievous Uncle Fred has gone too far.While Pongo is busy trying to impress his future father-in- ...Show more
Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse
Category: Fiction | Series: Blandings Castle
Uncle Fred is one of the hottest earls that ever donned a coronet. Or as he crisply said, 'There are no limits, literally none, to what I can achieve in the springtime.' Even so, his gifts are stretched to the limit when he is urged by Lord Emsworth to save his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from ...Show more
Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P G Wodehouse
Category: Classic
Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, is back to spread sweetness and light wherever he goes. At the request of Lord Emsworth, Uncle Fred journeys to Blandings Castle to steal the Empress of Blandings before the ill-tempered, egg-throwing Duke of D ...Show more
Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Fiction | Series: A Blandings Story
Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment and it's not for the first time. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth of Blandings to foil a plot to relieve him of the Empress, his much-adored prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of dear old Mustard), they form a deputa ...Show more
Uncle Fred in the Springtime: (Blandings Castle) by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Fiction | Series: Blandings Castle
This is a classic Blandings novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century. Uncle Fred believes he can achieve anything in the springtime. However, disguised as a loony-doctor and trying to prevent prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from falling into the hands of the unscrupulou ...Show more
Very Easy Crazy Patchwork by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Art and Design
The comprehensive guide teaches the techniques of crazy patchwork with how-to lessons accompanying each project. Step-by-step photographs show exactly what to do at every stage--by hand or by machine. The choice of fabrics, threads, and personal touches is completely up to the reader.
Very Good Jeeves! by P G Wodehouse
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE Ser.
Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the Everyman Wodehouse contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. This collection of eleven short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman's gen ...Show more
Very Good, Jeeves (Jeeves & Wooster) by P. G. Wodehouse
Category: Fiction | Series: Jeeves & Wooster
A Jeeves and Wooster collection An outstanding collection of Jeeves stories, every one a winner, in which Jeeves endeavours to give satisfaction: By saving a grumpy cabinet minister from being marooned and attacked by a swan - in the process saving Bertie Wooster from his impending doom...By rescuing Bi ...Show more
Weekend Wodehouse by P. G. Wodehouse; Hilaire Belloc (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HILAIRE BELLOC'P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection'Julian FellowesWeekend Wodehouse - required reading at country house parties in the late Th ...Show more
Weekend Wodehouse by P.G. Wodehouse
Category: Classic Fiction
This title comes with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. "P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection". (Julian Fellowes). "Weekend Wodehouse" - required reading at country h ...Show more