When Sheen, a quiet and studious boy, finds himself facing a street brawl between boys of Wrykyn and those of St. Jude's, their sworn enemies, he slips away to safety to avoid the wrath of his masters. However, his cowardliness is noticed by his...
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The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standing-room." [1] — and features references to...
The story tells of how unscrupulous millionaire Benjamin Scobell decides to build a casino on the small Mediterranean island of Mervo, dragging in the unwitting heir to the throne to help. Little does he know that his stepdaughter Betty has...
A collection of short stories: The Politeness of Princes [1905]; Shields' and the Cricket Cup [1905]; An International Affair [1905]; The Guardian [1908]; A Corner in Lines [1905] and...
The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G....
Originally published on October 5th of 1905, it was a return to the school stories which he departed briefly for his humorous children’s history of William Tell. Wodehouse creates a public school this time, in the form of Eckleton, with most of...
Tales of St. Austin's is a collection of short stories and essays, all with a school theme, by P. G....
Mike Jackson, cricketer and scion of a cricketing clan, finds his dreams of studying and playing at Cambridge upset by news of his father's financial troubles, and must instead take a job with the "New Asiatic Bank". On arrival there, Mike finds...
Это только в кино свадьба лучшей подруги – огромное событие в жизни любой представительницы прекрасного пола. В жизни все...
Not George Washington is a semi-autobiographical novel by P. G. Wodehouse, written in collaboration with Herbert...