Plum Pie
Plum Pie is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 22 September 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins (under the Herbert Jenkins imprint), and in the United States on 1 December 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York.[1]
All stories except one belong to a large bag of P. G. Wodehouse regular series: one Jeeves, one golf story, one Blandings, one Ukridge, two Drones Club member Bingo Little, one Mr Mulliner, and one longer Freddie Threepwood novella.
Contents
- "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird" (Jeeves)
- "Sleepy Time" (golf story)
- "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" (Blandings Castle)
- "Ukridge Starts a Bank Account" (Ukridge)
- "Bingo Bans the Bomb" (Drone Bingo Little with Freddie Widgeon)
- "Stylish Stouts" (Drone Bingo Little)
- "George and Alfred" (Mr Mulliner)
- "A Good Cigar Is a Smoke"
- "Life with Freddie" (Drone Freddie Threepwood novella)
Most of the stories had previously appeared in Argosy in the UK, and in Playboy or The Saturday Evening Post in the U.S.; the UK version included some extra notes and interspersions between the stories.
See also
- List of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, categorised by series
References and sources
- References
- ^ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 99-100. ISBN 087008125X
- Sources
- Midkiff, Neil. "The Wodehouse short stories". P. G. Wodehouse pages. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with lists of characters
 | This article about a collection of short stories is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |