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100 1 a| Wodehouse, P. G.q| (Pelham Grenville),d| 1881-1975.=| ^A112255;

245 12 a| A life in letters /c| P.G. Wodehouse ; edited by Sophie Ratcliffe.;

250 a| 1st American ed.;

260 a| New York :b| W. W. Norton & Company,c| 2013.;

300 a| xvi, 602 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011.;

500 a| "The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Childhood -- Dulwich -- 1899/1900: "Set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame" -- Early career -- 1901/1909: "Got a plot, thanks" -- New York -- 1909/1914: "American hustle" -- Love on Long Island -- 1914/ 1918: "Something fresh" -- The roaring Twenties -- 1919/1930: "This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old fame" -- Wodehouse in Hollywood -- 1930/1931: "This place is loathsome" -- Wodehouse in the Thirties -- 1932/1940: "A jolly strong position" -- Internment -- 1940/1941: "Am quite happy here" -- The broadcasts -- Berlin -- 1941/1943: "So little to tell" -- Paris -- 1943/1947: "Under surveillance" -- Return to America -- 1947/1954: "New York is overwhelming" -- Final years -- 1954/1975: "He did take trouble.";

520 a| A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century.;

600 10 a| Wodehouse, P. G.q| (Pelham Grenville),d| 1881-1975v| Correspondence.=| ^A112255;

650 0 a| Novelists, Englishy| 20th centuryv| Biography.=| ^A438954;

650 0 a| Novelists, Englishy| 20th centuryv| Correspondence.=| ^A569780;

700 1 a| Ratcliffe, Sophie,d| 1975-=| ^A1156018;

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A life in letters / P.G. Wodehouse ; edited by Sophie Ratcliffe.

Author/creator	Wodehouse, P. G.
Other author	Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-
Format	Book
Edition	1st American ed.
Publication Info	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Description	xvi, 602 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975--Correspondence. Novelists, English--20th century. --Biography. Novelists, English--20th century. --Correspondence.

Contents	Childhood -- Dulwich -- 1899/1900: "Set thy beetle-crusher on the ladder of fame" -- Early career -- 1901/1909: "Got a plot, thanks" -- New York -- 1909/1914: "American hustle" -- Love on Long Island -- 1914/ 1918: "Something fresh" -- The roaring Twenties -- 1919/1930: "This, I need scarcely point out to you, is jolly old fame" -- Wodehouse in Hollywood -- 1930/1931: "This place is loathsome" -- Wodehouse in the Thirties -- 1932/1940: "A jolly strong position" -- Internment -- 1940/1941: "Am quite happy here" -- The broadcasts -- Berlin -- 1941/1943: "So little to tell" -- Paris -- 1943/1947: "Under surveillance" -- Return to America -- 1947/1954: "New York is overwhelming" -- Final years -- 1954/1975: "He did take trouble."
Abstract	A collection of letters from one of England's greatest comic writers includes his humorous and touching correspondence with family, friends, and great literary figures of the twentieth century.
General note	Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011.
General note	"The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished . . . . Wodehouse corresponded with relatives, friends, and some of the greatest figures of the twentieth century: Agatha Christie, Ira Gershwin, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The letters are arranged chronologically with intersecting sections of biography written by Sophie Ratcliffe"--Publisher's note.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012019989
ISBN	9780393088991 (hbk.)
ISBN	0393088995 (hbk.)

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