- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson; New edition edition (26 Aug 1971)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0214653331
- ISBN-13: 978-0214653339
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,359,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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Anglo-American wit, short-story writer, dramatist and lyricist, educated at Dulwich College and chiefly noted as the creator of the efficient butler, Jeeves. He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies. His major works include Psmith in the City (1910), Very Good Jeeves (1930), The Butler Did It (1957), Bachelors Anonymous (1974), O, Kay (1926) and Rosalie (1928).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Man Upstairs is Wodehouse's first collection of short stories after graduating from the school stories which with the benefit of hindsight were a blot on the old escutcheon. The Quality does vary from story to story but the good far outweighs the poor and the Wodehouse genius is definitely making it's presence felt although still not as pronounced as in his middle period work.
In the Title story the man upstairs is not a reference to the God generally found in heaven accompanying the Larch on the Thorn in P G Wodehouse's idyllic but an Artist attempting to court the composer downstairs by banging on the ceiling.
Also worthy of mention is `The Good Angel' which first introduces us to Keggs whose buttling career ran through the subsequent Wodehouse novels. Here Keggs' scheme is to clean up on the engagement sweepstake by cunning use of insider dealing and taking a hand in the wooing as required. As you can imagine although true love doesn't run smoothly it runs predictably and Keggs wouldn't need money to pay off his bookie if he only bet on such bankers.
In the Title story the man upstairs is not a reference to the God generally found in heaven accompanying the Larch on the Thorn in P G Wodehouse's idyllic but an Artist attempting to court the composer downstairs by banging on the ceiling.
Also worthy of mention is `The Good Angel' which first introduces us to Keggs whose buttling career ran through the subsequent Wodehouse novels. Here Keggs' scheme is to clean up on the engagement sweepstake by cunning use of insider dealing and taking a hand in the wooing as required. As you can imagine although true love doesn't run smoothly it runs predictably and Keggs wouldn't need money to pay off his bookie if he only bet on such bankers.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Wodehouse with his inimitable style does it again !
9 May 1998
Format:Paperback
Those who consider reading a welcome break from the usual rigmarole of life should read this. Those of us who are die-hard fans of Wodehouse know just how good it feels !!
reminded me of O Henry
4 Aug 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I've read 4 or 5 stories of this collection so far. They remind me of O Henry stories with their quick "surprise" endings. They're kind of fun, but not good for reading all in a row. Definitely not on par with Wodehouse's novels. Even the writing style and language weren't what I'd expect of Wodehouse.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Wodehouse is great; Davidson does well
28 Jun 2006
Format:Audio Cassette|Amazon Verified Purchase
This refers to the audio version. The stories are entertaining. Davidson does a good job. He is a versatile reader and always keeps your interest, although I must admit that he is not my favorite Wodehouse storyteller. To each their own - but the very best Wodehouse readers, in my opinion, are Jonathan Cecil and Martin Jarvis.
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