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Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a man of vision, possessed of a big, broad and utterly unscrupulous outlook. Plagued by bad debts, bad luck and the formidable Aunt Julia, he remains as resourceful and irrepressible as ever.

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Money makes the world go round for Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge – and when there isn’t enough of it, the world just has to spin a bit faster.

Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Looking like an animated blob of mustard in his bright yellow raincoat, he invests time, passion and energy (but seldom actual cash) in a series of increasingly bizarre money-making schemes. Finance for a dog college? It’s yours. Shares in an accident syndicate? Easily arranged. Promoting a kind-hearted heavyweight boxer? A snip.

Poor Corky Corcoran, Ukridge’s old school chum and confidant, trails through these pages in the ebullient wake of Wodehouse’s most disreputable but endearing hero and hopes to escape with his shirt at least. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great tale, 1 April 2000

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This is one of P. G. Wodehouse's many works written in the 1920s and 1930s. It shows an upper-middle-class ne'er-do-well in pecuniary difficulties who adopts many hare-brained schemes to make money. The book also features his long-suffering friends and shows what life for a gentleman was like in this period. I particularly liked the frequent references to spats (for the uninformed, these are objects to protect the lower leg from rain and mud). All the escapades are self-contained chapters and can be enjoyed if one just has an odd moment. One often feels sorry for the eponymous Ukridge, who manages to be charming as well as irresponsible. He infects his friends with his unfailing enthusiasm and optimism. Like all of Wodehouse's work, this book is very humorous and still most suitable for the young gentleman of to-day.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious antics of an amiable scoundrel, 9 Nov 1998

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"Laddie," said Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that much-enduring man, helping himself to my tobacco and slipping the pouch absently into his pocket, "listen to me, you son of Belial." "What?" I said, retrieving the pouch. "Do you want to make an enormous fortune?" "I do." "Then write my biography. Bung it down on paper and we'll split the proceeds." So begins what is more a collection of stories than a novel, a series of episodes like a sitcom, involving the inimitable Ukridge, borrower of fivers and favours, not to mention socks and shirts and dress-clothes, all seen from the point of view of his rather dimly dependable old school friend "Corky" Corcoran. Among the haphazard schemes by which Ukridge hopes to make his fortune, his attempt to manage a not-very-professional pugilist by the name of Battling Billson is perhaps the most egregiously ludicrous. Billson is one of nature's gentlemen, given to such mild rejoinders as "R!" or "Ur", but when roused by insult or the sight of a friend or barmaid in jeopardy, he will knock all comers for six with left-hooks and upper-cuts galore. The only trouble is, he's much too decent to fight a man just for the sake of it, a major drawback in a professional pugilist. Eventually Billson renounces the boxing life altogether, after getting religion at a revival meeting in a remote Welsh village, leaving his hapless manager (who otherwise stands to lose his share of the take) to fight in his place. Another story concerns Ukridge's attempts to insinuate himself into the affections of a hymn-singing suburban family by pretending to be the wealthy owner of a smart new motor car whose chauffeur he happens to have befriended. The plan goes awry when a persistent creditor catches up with him and exposes him for a fraud. Nothing daunted, by the start of the next story Ukridge will have another sure-fire plan for the achievement of instant enrichment. Corky looks on, fascinated and appalled, but with a sneaking admiration too. "And listen laddie, I'll tell you what. You're a good chap and we've been pals for years, so I'll let you have my share of the English serial rights for a hundred pounds down." "What makes you think I've got a hundred pounds?" "Well, then, I'll make it my share of the English AND American serial rights for fifty." "Your collar's come off its stud." "How about my complete share of the whole dashed outfit for twenty-five?" "Not for me, thanks." "Then I'll tell you what, old horse," said Ukridge, inspired. "Just lend me half a crown to be going on with."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious antics of an amiable scoundrel, 6 Nov 1998

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This review is from: Ukridge (The New Autograph Edition of the Works of P.G. Wodehouse) (Hardcover)

"Laddie," said Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that much-enduring man, helping himself to my tobacco and slipping the pouch absently into his pocket, "listen to me, you son of Belial." "What?" I said, retrieving the pouch. "Do you want to make an enormous fortune?" "I do." "Then write my biography. Bung it down on paper and we'll split the proceeds." So begins what is more a collection of stories than a novel, a series of episodes like a sitcom, involving the inimitable Ukridge, borrower of fivers and favours, not to mention socks and shirts and dress-clothes, all seen from the point of view of his rather dimly dependable old school friend "Corky" Corcoran. Among the haphazard schemes by which Ukridge hopes to make his fortune, his attempt to manage a not-very-professional pugilist by the name of Battling Billson is perhaps the most egregiously ludicrous. Billson is one of nature's gentlemen, given to such mild rejoinders as "R!" or "Ur", but when roused by insult or the sight of a friend or barmaid in jeopardy, he will knock all comers for six with left-hooks and upper-cuts galore. The only trouble is, he's much too decent to fight a man just for the sake of it, a major drawback in a professional pugilist. Eventually Billson renounces the boxing life altogether, after getting religion at a revival meeting in a remote Welsh village, leaving his hapless manager (who otherwise stands to lose his share of the take) to fight in his place. Another story concerns Ukridge's attempts to insinuate himself into the affections of a hymn-singing suburban family by pretending to be the wealthy owner of a smart new motor car whose chauffeur he happens to have befriended. The plan goes awry when a persistent creditor catches up with him and exposes him for a fraud. Nothing daunted, by the start of the next story Ukridge will have another sure-fire plan for the achievement of instant enrichment. Corky looks on, fascinated and appalled, but with a sneaking admiration too. "And listen laddie, I'll tell you what. You're a good chap and we've been pals for years, so I'll let you have my share of the English serial rights for a hundred pounds down." "What makes you think I've got a hundred pounds?" "Well, then, I'll make it my share of the English AND American serial rights for fifty." "Your collar's come off its stud." "How about my complete share of the whole dashed outfit for twenty-five?" "Not for me, thanks." "Then I'll tell you what, old horse," said Ukridge, inspired. "Just lend me half a crown to be going on with."

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some amusing tales
By my SAM, this is indeed quite amusing. Well written too,as you would expect, laddie. Go on - buy this for your library.

Published 24 days ago by James Murchison

5.0 out of 5 stars Other Dimensions of Wodehouse for the Diehard Fan
One nice thing about Ukridge is that it is Wodehouse away from the Earls, Dukes, valets, Blandings Castle and so on. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Tim Wu

3.0 out of 5 stars Ukridge abandoned...
The least successful of Wodehouse 'heroes' and thus, never repeated. I am an absolute and sincere fan of old P.G. Read more

Published 21 months ago by P. A. J. Oswin

5.0 out of 5 stars I Rather Enjoyed it.
`Ukridge` was somewhat bizarrely published in America as `He Rather Enjoyed It' and very enjoyable it is to, although it is not necessarily enjoyable to be a friend of Stanley... Read more

Published on 25 Oct 2007 by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 ...

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