The Clicking of Cuthbert

1st edition

The Clicking of Cuthbert is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all with a golfing background. It was first published in the United Kingdom on February 3, 1922 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on May 28, 1924 by George H. Doran, New York, under the title Golf Without Tears. There are some slight differences between the two editions, chiefly as regards the names of places and golfers, which were adapted to suit the country of publication.

The first story in the collection introduces the Oldest Member, a repeat Wodehouse character, who narrates all but the last story.

Film adaptations

Main article: Ordeal by Golf

Three of the stories in the collection—the title story, "Ordeal by Golf" and "The Long Hole"—were filmed in 1924 as part of a series of six films of Wodehouse golf stories; Peter Haddon played Cuthbert in the title story.

Contents

The original story titles and publication dates were as follows:

• "The Clicking of Cuthbert"
  • UK: Strand, October 1921 (as "The Unexpected Clicking of Cuthbert")
  • US: Elk's Magazine, July 1922 (as "Cuthbert Unexpectedly Clicks")
• "A Woman is Only a Woman"
  • UK: Strand, October 1919
  • US: Saturday Evening Post, 7 June 1919
• "A Mixed Threesome"
  • UK: Strand, March 1921
  • US: McClure's, June 1920
• "Sundered Hearts"
  • UK: Strand, December 1920
  • US: McClure's, December 1920
• "The Salvation of George Mackintosh"
  • UK: Strand, June 1921
  • US: McClure's, September 1921
• "Ordeal by Golf"
  • UK: Strand, February 1920 (as "A Kink in His Character")
  • US: Collier's, 6 December 1919
• "The Long Hole"
  • UK: Strand, August 1921
  • US: McClure's, March 1922
• "The Heel of Achilles"
  • UK: Strand, November 1921
  • US: Chicago Tribune, 11 June 1922
  • US St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 11 June 1922
• "The Rough Stuff"
  • UK: Strand, April 1921
  • US: Chicago Tribune, 10 October 1920
• "The Coming of Gowf"
  • UK: Strand, May 1921
  • US: McClure's, June–July 1921

See also

• Complete list of Wodehouse's golf stories

External links

• An analysis of the book, with annotated text, synopsis, lists of characters and locations, and selected quotes
• The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with numerous book covers and lists of characters
• Free eBook of The Clicking of Cuthbert at Project Gutenberg