Mike and Psmith

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

P G Wodehouse was a British writer known for his comic style. Besides writing short stories and novels he also wrote plays and musical lyrics. The Mike and Psmith books include: Mike (carved into Mike at Wrykyn, and Mike and Psmith); Psmith in the City; Psmith, Journalist, and Leave it to Psmith. These school stories are a joy to read. Mike Jackson is the youngest son of a famous cricketing family. Mike's two brothers are showing promise as good players. When Mike arrives at Wrykyn, his cricketing talent and love of adventure bring him success and trouble. Later in the book Mike is due to take over as cricket captain when his father moves him to a different school. On arrival at Sedleigh, he meets Rupert Psmith, who is also new and from the superior school of Eton. The two eschew cricket and indulge in all manner of high jinks and adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438573724
Publisher:	Book Jungle
Publication date:	03/09/2010
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 - 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.

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

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever." —Douglas Adams

"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own." —Evelyn Waugh

Editorial Reviews

Released as a single volume in 1909, the first two of this trio follow the misadventures of young cricket ace Mike Jackson and his chum at school. Published a little later in Wodehouse's career (1928), Money for Nothing serves up a Romeo and Juliet-like tale of the romance between the offspring of two feuding buffoons. Typical Wodehouse British farces.

Library Journal

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever." —Douglas Adams

"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own." —Evelyn Waugh

From the Publisher