A life in letters
By: P. G. Wodehouse ; edited by Sophie Ratcliffe
Contributors: Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9780393088991
Subjects: Correspondence; English Novelists; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Previously published: London : Hutchinson, 2011.

"The definitive edition of the letters-many previously unpublished .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.

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