02593cam a2200313 i 4500 296060070 TxAuBib 20131212120000.0 040806s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004018562 9780393051599 hardcover 0393051595 hardcover DLC eng rda DLC CIN C#P YBM NYP OCoLC TxAuBib rda McCrum, Robert. Wodehouse [BOOK] : a life / Robert McCrum. First American edition. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. xiii, 530 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [508]-510) and index. 'Does aught befall you? It is good' -- I: Getting started (1881-1914) -- 'My childhood went like a breeze' (1881-1894) -- "The boy, what will he become?' (1894-1900) -- 'First-fruits of a genius' (1900-1902) -- 'My wild lone' (1902-1904) -- 'I have arrived' (1904-1909) -- 'I want to butt into the big league' (1909-1914) -- II: Something new (1914-1929) -- 'An angel in human form' (1914-1915) -- 'Musical comedy was my dish) (1916-1918) -- 'A bloke called Bertie Wooster' (1918-1923) -- 'All dizzy with work' (1924-1927) -- 'I am planning a vast campaign' (1927-1929) -- III: In the chips (1930-1939) -- 'I altered all the characters to Earls and butlers' (1930-1931) -- 'My worst year since I started writing' (1932-1934) -- "The one ideal spot in the world' (1934-1936) -- 'I am leading a very quiet life here' (1936-1937) -- 'I have become a biggish bug these days' (1937-1939) -- IV: Disgrace (1940-1947) -- 'The hors d'oeuvre in fate's banquet (1940) -- 'Camp was really great fun' (1940-1941) -- 'It was a loony thing to do' (June 1941) -- 'The global howl' (July 1941) -- 'Now I shall have nothing to worry about until 1944' (1941-1943) -- 'I made an ass of myself, and must pay the penalty' (1943-1947) -- V: Atonement (1947-1975) -- 'My world has been shot to pieces (1947-1951) -- 'Our slogan must be entertainment' (1951-1954) -- 'I keep plugging away at my art' (1955-1961) -- 'The grand old man of English literature' (1961-1975) -- The afterlife of P.G. Wodehouse. 20131213. Wodehouse, P. G (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975. Authors, English 20th century Biography. Humorous fiction. Biographies.