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The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories (Paperback)

by P.G. Wodehouse (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (Dec 1961)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140016015
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140016017
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 208,224 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It is an intriguing collection, where most of the stories concern relationships, sports and household pets, and interestingly does not feature any of Wodehouse's regular characters; one however, "Extricating Young Gussie", is remarkable as the first appearance of some of Wodehouse's most well-known and beloved characters, Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster (although here Bertie's surname appears to be Mannering-Phipps, and Jeeves' role is very small), along with Bertie's fearsome Aunt Agatha. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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PG Wodehouse was born on the 15th October 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, England He was educated at Dulwich College between 1894 & 1900, and in 1900 he entered the employ of the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank at GBP80 per year. He began writing articles for various newspapers & periodicals In 1902 he resigned from the bank, and in the same year his 1st novel The Pothunters was published. 'Plum' then wrote many highly successful novels as well as musicals, and in 1929 he signed a contract to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood After several years in Britain, he moved back to to the USA permanently. In 1974 his last complete novel Aunts aren't Gentlemen was published, and in 1975 he was knighted by the Queen. On the 14th Feb 1975 Plum died in hospital "after a good morning's work on his latest novel" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The begininning of it all... a must have for collectionists, 28 Oct 2007
By Alejo "ADB" (Andorra) - See all my reviews
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The name is not Wooster yet.
Jeeves do nothing.
But explore the similitudes between the "brains" of a dog (read the short story "THE MIXER"...) and those of the future BERTRAM WILBERFORCE WOOSTER... still provisionally named Reggie...
THERE IS BENEATH THE FUNNY PROSE A CRITICISM (MILD MIND) OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE UPPER CLASSES (specially if half-witted...), but PLUM does not spare the leftists and his sarcasms about socialism and totalitarism OF ANY KIND will be a leit motiv of the series...
PURE FUN.

ADB

PS: Even in "CATCH 22" you can find Wodehousian influences...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wodehouse finding his feet, 28 Sep 2007
This review is from: The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories (Paperback)
The Man with Two Left feet is Wodehouse's second collection of short stories after graduating from the school stories and carries on in much the same fashion as its predecessor The Man Upstairs. The Quality does again vary from story to story but the good far outweighs the poor and the Wodehouse genius is definitely making its presence felt although still not as pronounced as it would later become.

In the Title story the man with two left feet is concerned that his wife is bored due to his inability to dance when they venture out. His taking dancing lessons on the QT drives their marriage to the brink but when it is discovered that she is at her happiest home listening to her husband reading aloud from his encyclopaedia things work out in typical Wodehouse style.

The mixer is the poorest story in this collection written in the first person and telling the story of a dog from being a puppy until it finds its place in the best of all possible worlds.

Also written in the first person is `Extricating young Gussie' which first introduces us to Jeeves and Wooster or at least Wooster. The potential of Jeeves as a wealth of all knowledge has yet to be tapped and Bertie is bungling the case of Gussie without any help. Jeeves is very much noises off making the tea and laying out suits.

Bertie is virtually fully formed and it his with his voice we learn `New York is a large city conveniently situated on the edge of America, so that you can step off the liner right on to it without an effort' and that `The Mannering-Phippses were an old established clan when William the Conqueror was a small boy going round with bare legs and a catapult.'

Without Jeeves coming up with all the answers Wooster can never amount to nothing but both he and Wodehouse are now on the cusp of greatness.
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