His books aren't quite what I'd call great literature, on par with Dickens or Bronte or Austen or Shakespeare; but for a good laugh, you can't find much better. If only I could make words do what Wodehouse makes them do!
A few morsels...
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
``After all, golf is only a game,'' said Millicent.
Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they're saying.
The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922)
The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922)
She looked at me like someone who has just solved the crossword puzzle with a shrewd ``Emu'' in the top right hand corner.
His manner was now meek and conciliatory, like that of a black-beetle which sees the cook reaching for the insect powder and does its best to show her that it fully realises that it has brought this on itself.
He was a long, stripy policeman, who flowed out of his uniform at odd spots, as if Nature, setting out to make a constable, had had a good deal of material left over which she had not liked to throw away but hardly seemed able to fit into the general scheme.
``What ho!'' I said. `
`What ho!'' said Monty.
``What ho! What ho!''
``What ho! What ho! What ho!''
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.
Carry On, Jeeves (1925) ``Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest''
Carry On, Jeeves (1925) ``Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest''
A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of someone who had searched for the leak in life's gas pipe with a lighted candle.
I got most of these at www.drones.com/pgw.cgi since I don't actually own any of Wodehouse's novels... but every one of his books that I've read is chock full of this kind of humor.
If you haven't yet, you really must become acquainted with Jeeves and Wooster!
