Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Editorial Policy

Selected Recipients

1 Childhood

2 Dulwich

1899–1900: ‘set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame’

3 Early Career

1901–1909: ‘Got a plot, thanks’

4 New York

1909–1914: ‘American hustle’

5 Love on Long Island

1914–1918: ‘Something Fresh’

6 The Roaring Twenties

1919–1930: ‘This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old Fame’

7 Wodehouse in Hollywood

1930–1931: ‘this place is loathsome’

8 Wodehouse in the Thirties

1932–1940: ‘A jolly strong position’

9 Internment

1940–1941: ‘Am quite happy here’

10 The Broadcasts

11 Berlin

1941–1943: ‘so little to tell’

12 Paris

1943–1947: ‘under surveillance’

13 Return to America

1947–1954: ‘New York is overwhelming’

14 Final Years

1954–1975: ‘he did take trouble’

References

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

Picture Section

Copyright

Books by P. G. Wodehouse