Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read. This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter. - Reading time of the complete text: about 7 hours - Reading time of the summarized text: 19 minutes "The Adventures of Sally" is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse that was initially serialized in the United States and the United Kingdom in the early 1920s. The story follows Sally Nicholas, a young American woman who inherits a substantial fortune on her twenty-first birthday. Sally, a charming and popular individual, resides in a New York boarding house and works as a taxi dancer. However, she encounters financial and romantic challenges as she endeavors to adapt to her newfound wealth. The novel ultimately culminates in a happy resolution. The Russian Wodehouse Society's page provides a collection of book covers and a character list, while Project Gutenberg offers a free eBook of the novel. Additionally, public domain audiobook versions are available at LibriVox. Reviews of the book can be found on websites such as www.goodreads.com and https://archive.org/.

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read. This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter. - Reading time of the complete text: about 5 hours - Reading time of the summarized text: 6 minutes My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in May 1919 by George Newnes. The book features eight stories, half of which feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Bertie Wooster. Revised versions of all the Jeeves stories in this collection were later published in the 1925 short story collection Carry On, Jeeves. Although the book was not published in the United States, all the stories had appeared there, mostly in The Saturday Evening Post or Collier's Weekly, and in the Strand in the UK, prior to the publication of the UK book. Jeeves and Wooster had first appeared in the short story "Extricating Young Gussie", which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1915, and was included in The Man with Two Left Feet. The book contains stories such as "Leave it to Jeeves", "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest", "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg", "Absent Treatment", "Helping Freddie", "Rallying Round Old George", "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good", and "The Aunt and the Sluggard".

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read. This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter. - Reading time of the complete text: about 9 hours - Reading time of the summarized text: 14 minutes "The Inimitable Jeeves" by P. G. Wodehouse is the first novel in the Jeeves series, originally composed of a collection of short stories. It was published in 1923 in the UK and the US. The book consists of 11 previously published stories, with the first six and the last split into two chapters. The stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan in the US between 1918 and 1922. The novel revolves around Bertie's friend Bingo Little and his romantic escapades. Each story is connected and often involves Jeeves, Bertie's valet, helping Bingo navigate his love life. "The Inimitable Jeeves" was later included in a collection titled "Life With Jeeves" in 1981.

First published in Collier's magazine in 1930, ''Big Money'' is a classic comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse. The story is a "fizzy" standalone comedy-meaning it does not belong to the Jeeves or Blandings series-revolving around the financial and romantic misadventures of two old school friends in London and the suburb of Valley Fields. The plot centers on the pursuit of "big money" and the efforts of two young men to marry the women they love despite their empty pockets.

If I Were You by P. G. Wodehouse is a lively comic novel that showcases the author's talent for farce, mistaken identity, and sparkling dialogue. Originally developed from a stage play, the story blends theatrical flair with Wodehouse's signature humor, creating a fast-moving and entertaining narrative. The novel centers on a struggling writer who unexpectedly finds himself entangled in a daring and improbable scheme. Through a twist of circumstances, he assumes another man's identity, stepping into a world of wealth, intrigue, and romantic complications. What begins as an opportunity quickly turns into a whirlwind of misunderstandings, as secrets pile up and the risk of exposure grows ever greater. As the plot unfolds, Wodehouse introduces a cast of eccentric and vividly drawn characters-ambitious schemers, suspicious acquaintances, and spirited love interests-each contributing to the escalating chaos. The dialogue is sharp and witty, filled with clever exchanges that drive both the humor and the tension of the story. Beneath its comic surface, If I Were You explores themes of identity, ambition, and the seductive allure of a different life. The protagonist's temporary transformation raises questions about self-worth and the consequences of deception, all handled with a light and humorous touch. Full of unexpected turns, playful irony, and theatrical energy, If I Were You stands as an engaging example of Wodehouse's early narrative style. It offers readers an enjoyable mix of romance, adventure, and comedy, wrapped in the author's unmistakable charm.

Big Money by P. G. Wodehouse is a sparkling comedy of manners set in the author's delightfully absurd world of eccentric aristocrats, impostors, and romantic misadventures. Combining the familiar charm of Wodehouse's style with a fresh cast of characters, the novel delivers a fast-paced and intricately plotted tale filled with mistaken identities and outrageous schemes. The story follows Hugo Carmody, a charming but financially struggling young man, who finds himself entangled in a complicated web of deception and ambition. When he becomes involved in a plan to secure a wealthy marriage and quick fortune, matters quickly spiral out of control. Along the way, Hugo encounters a colorful ensemble of characters, including the absent-minded aristocrat Lord Emsworth and the ever-resourceful manservant Psmith, whose presence adds further comic chaos. Set against the backdrop of English country estates and bustling London society, Big Money satirizes the obsession with wealth and status, while celebrating the triumph of wit, luck, and resilience. Wodehouse's signature humor-marked by clever dialogue, improbable coincidences, and playful exaggeration-keeps the narrative lively and engaging throughout. At its core, the novel explores themes of ambition, love, and the absurdity of social pretensions. Characters pursue fortune and happiness with equal determination, often stumbling into hilarious misunderstandings that reveal their true nature. Despite the tangled plots and comedic confusion, everything ultimately resolves in classic Wodehouse fashion. Big Money remains a delightful example of Wodehouse's comic genius, offering readers a light-hearted escape into a world where problems are solved with ingenuity and laughter reigns supreme.

Step into the world of Bertie Wooster, a hapless aristocrat whose life is a constant whirlwind of misadventures. With his unflappable valet, Jeeves, by his side, Bertie navigates the treacherous waters of high society, dodging aunts, evading creditors, and pursuing the elusive love of his life. In this collection of hilarious short stories, Jeeves's brilliance shines through as he masterfully extricates Bertie from one predicament after another. From mistaken identities to romantic entanglements, Jeeves's wit and ingenuity prove indispensable. Prepare to be charmed by the inimitable duo as they navigate the absurdities of life with aplomb and a touch of chaos.

In the hallowed halls of Blandings Castle, chaos reigns supreme as the eccentric Psmith takes center stage. With his infectious charm and unconventional ways, Psmith embarks on a series of misadventures that leave the aristocratic inhabitants in a state of perpetual bewilderment. From organizing a cricket match on the castle lawn to rescuing a damsel in distress, Psmith's antics are a whirlwind of hilarity and absurdity. As he navigates the tangled web of love, rivalry, and social faux pas, Psmith's wit and resourcefulness prove to be both a blessing and a curse. Prepare yourself for a literary escapade filled with laughter, intrigue, and the unforgettable antics of P. G. Wodehouse's most beloved character.

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read. This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter. - Reading time of the complete text: about 7 hours - Reading time of the summarized text: 13 minutes "The Small Bachelor" is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in 1927. Set during Prohibition, it tells the story of George Finch, a short-statured artist living in New York's Greenwich Village. George falls in love with Molly Waddington, but faces opposition from her socially ambitious step-mother, who wants Molly to marry an English lord. The plot involves various characters, including George's friend J. Hamilton Beamish, a mild-mannered policeman named Garroway, and Molly's father, Mr. Waddington. The story takes twists and turns as George and Molly's wedding is threatened by the arrival of George's ex-fiancée and a fake girlfriend. Eventually, Mrs. Waddington's doubts about George's morals are dispelled, and the story ends with the characters planning to go out West. The novel was adapted into a silent film in 1927 and a theatrical adaptation titled "Over the Moon" in 2003.

A young red-head plots to kidnap her irritating cousin with the help of a former boxer, her uncle, and a rogue who has his eye on her. Things don't work out exactly as planned, as criminals, detectives and cases of mistaken identity all get in the way.

Join the Oldest Member...whether you like it or not...and be carried on a magic carpet ride through the world of golf, love, and...aunts...as seen through the eyes of the creator of Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings Castle, the inimitable Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse.

"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched" is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge. Ukridge is always on the verge of making a fortune and counting his thousands before they are made. But Dame Fortune is a fickle jade. She eludes him in his great scheme about the dog college, wherein he was to turn out a world supply of trained dogs, and likewise in his backing of Battling Billson, the tender-hearted pugilist. But hope and George Tupper keep Ukridge going. He is ever ready for the next assault. First published as short stories.

A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being Wodehouse, all are amusing.

The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousian romantic farce, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with imposters, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers and conniving aunts.

Uneasy Money is a romantic comedy by P.G. Wodehouse, published during the First World War, it offers light escapism. More romantic but only a little less humorous that his mature works, it tells of the vicissitudes of poor Lord Dawlish, who inherits five million dollars, but becomes a serially disappointed groom.When the story opens Bill is engaged to a demanding actress. His first thought when hearing of his massive legacy from a stranger whose tendency to slice he once cured on a West Country golf course is of the disappointed relatives. His trip to the USA attempting to give back the windfall results in complication after complication, including firearms and burglaries as well as the usual human misunderstandings that accompany any human life.Uneasy Money was first published as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post in the USA from December 1915, and in the UK in Strand Magazine starting December 1916. It first appeared in book form on March 17, 1916 by D. Appleton & Co., New York, and later in the UK by Methuen & Co., London.A silent, black-and-white film version was made in 1918.

This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of his own and a suit of armour!The maid, or marriageable young woman, of the American title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet. The three men are Bream Mortimer, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, Eustace Hignett, a poet of sensitive disposition who is engaged to Billie at the opening of the tale, and Sam Marlowe, Eustace's would-be-dashing cousin, who falls for Billie at first sight. All four find themselves on an ocean liner headed for England together , along with an elephant-gun-wielding young woman called Jane Hubbard who is smitten with Eustace the poet. Typically Wodehousian romantic shenanigans ensue. Even Estace's redoubtable mother fails to quell the excitement.

Jill had money, Jill was engaged to be married to Sir Derek Underhill. Suddenly Jill becomes penniless, and she is no longer engaged. With a smile, in which there is just a tinge of recklessness, she refuses to be beaten and turns to face the world. Instead she went to New York and became a member of the chorus of "The Rose of America," and Mr. Wodehouse is enabled to lift the curtain of the musical comedy world. There is laughter and drama in _Jill the Reckless_, and the action never flags from the moment that Freddie Rooke confesses that he has had a hectic night, down to the point where Wally says briefly "Let 'em," which is page 313. The heroine here, Jill Mariner, is a young woman from the lower end of the upper class. We follow her through financial disaster, a broken engagement, an awkward stay with some grasping relatives, employment as a chorus girl, and of course, the finding of true love. Other characters include wealthy Drone Freddie Rooke and writer Wally Mason, her childhood friends; her financially inept uncle Major Christopher Selby; her fiancée at the beginning of the book, the M.P Derek Underhill, and his domineering mother, Lady Underhill; Jill's unpleasant relatives, Elmer and Julia Mariner; more Drones Club members, various chorus girls, composers and other theatrical types, and, of course, miscellaneous servants.

Their Mutual Child is full of the loveable characters, preposterous situations, and opportunities to chuckle, if not outright laughs, that we expect from PG Wodehouse. It lacks the frantic slapstick of some Wodehouse comedy, but has a quieter more reflective humour. Kirk, the erstwhile hero, is a typical Wodehousian hero. At the beginning of the story, he is thoroughly likeable, a healthy, but a somewhat weak and malleable fellow. He dabs at beings a painter for a living, and runs with a gang of hangers-on, who sponge off him. However, his life changes dramatically when he meets the charming and lovely Ruth. Ruth is out of Kirk's league socially and financially. She possesses an exceedingly rich father and an excessively dominant and eccentric aunt, Miss Laura Delane Porter. Miss Porter's claim to fame is her authorship of books and pamphlets aimed at bettering the world through hygiene and eugenics . Against her father's strong objections, but with Aunt Laura's approval, Ruth marries Kirk and for a while, wedded bliss surrounds them, crowned off by the birth of their son, Bill. Like all babies, Bill is deemed by one and all to be miraculous-unique and amazing. However, all good things must end, as they say. Kirk, embarrassed by his inability to support Ruth in the manner in which she is accustomed, heads off to South America to seek his fortune, where he is quickly and thoroughly ruined. However, in the meantime, Ruth and her brother Bailey inherit their father's wealth. Also in Kirk's absence, enter, of course, Laura Delane Porter, with her scrupulous ideas of hygiene and her horrors of germs, and the baby's life becomes a nightmare. When Kirk returns, unsuccessful in his endeavors and outraged at the state of affairs at home, the marriage quickly sours. Can anyone save Ruth and Kirk from themselves and rebuild their happy home? Their Mutual Child aka The Coming of Bill or The White Hope by P. G. Wodehouse, first appeared in "Munsey's Magazine" in May 1914, under the title "The White Hope."

The story moves from a royal palace in Europe to a squalid tenement in New York. The European action centers on the efforts of an uncouth millionaire to create a gambling mecca on the tiny isle of Mervo. This involves the installation of a Prince who is unknown to the populace, a royal decree allowing gambling, and a proposed royal marriage spectacular enough to create the publicity to draw business. But the millionaire's proposed bride - his stepdaughter, Betty - has a history with Prince John, which ignites stormy emotions and sends her flying to New York. In New York we meet Rupert Smith - in fact, the double of the aristocratic, optimistic, erudite, pseudo-Socialist Rupert Psmith who is featured in four other Wodehouse novels, including Psmith, Journalist. Bored with the dull content of the small weekly paper he edits, Smith develops an exciting and provocative organ which involves its staff in precarious adventures. Articles about deplorable tenement conditions threaten certain parties who commission a gang to put Smith et al. out of commission. To protect themselves as they investigate, they enlist the aid the leader of New York's most powerful gang. As the truth comes to light everyone is surprised by how intimately the Mervo and New York story lines have been linked all the while.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Growing bored while accompanying his Cambridge chum Mike on a cricket tour of the United States, Psmith seeks adventure in New York City. He finds it in the form of the weekly newspaper Cosy Moments, a completely bland and inoffensive publication at which, through charm and sheer force of personality, Psmith appoints himself an unpaid subeditor, fires the entire contributing staff, and embarks on a crusade against the slumlords, gangs, and boxing managers of his holiday destination. Psmith, Journalist is the second of Wodehouse's Psmith novels, and is a marked departure from the author's usual settings and themes. It presents a very strong social justice theme with direct, harsh condemnation of exploitation, corruption, racism, and inequality in earlytwentieth century America, and its themes continue to resonate with readers a century later. The story first appeared in The Captain magazine from October 1909 to February 1910, and was first published as a book, including eight illustrations, by A & C Black in 1915. This Standard Ebook is based on the 1923 edition by the same publisher.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Affable and honourable, Lord Dawlish is the second poorest peer in England, relying on his income as a club secretary. Claire Fenwick, his beautiful fiancée, will not marry him until he has some money, so he draws up plans to travel to New York and make his fortune. When he unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, he attempts to give it to the person he believes is the more deserving recipient. This, however, proves more difficult than expected. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the twentieth century. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early writing mostly consisted of school stories, but he later switched to writing comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years, such as Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Something New is the first novel of what became known as the "Blandings Castle Saga" by P. G. Wodehouse and was published in the United States in 1915. Two Americans, Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine, endeavor to retrieve a scarab pilfered from an American millionaire by the absentminded Lord Emsworth. Marson and Valentine soon find themselves impersonating servants while evading the Efficient Baxter. The story was originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post as Something Fresh in 1915. It introduced who would become the recurring characters of Blandings Castle: Lord Emsworth, Freddie Threepwood, Rupert Baxter, and Sebastian Beach.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Jeeves Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that feature the adventures of his most famous characters, Jeeves and Wooster. Wooster is a wealthy and idle young English gentleman of the interwar era. Jeeves is his extraordinarily competent valet whose name has since become synonymous with perfect service. The stories follow Wooster in his wanderings about London, around England, and across the Atlantic to New York, with Jeeves following in his wake and striving to keep his employer wellgroomed and properly presented. Along the way Jeeves must somehow also manage to extricate Wooster and his friends from the various scrapes and follies they get themselves into. First published as early as 1915, the stories first appeared on both sides of the Atlantic in publications like The Saturday Evening Post and The Strand Magazine. They were later collected into books or reworked into novels. Though only less than 50 of Wodehouse's over 300 short stories feature Jeeves and Wooster, they remain his most enduring characters. They've been copied, imitated, and featured in countless interpretations and adaptations. A century later, these stories still are as amusing and entertaining as they were when they were first published.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. In this, his first novel, P. G. Wodehouse offers a glimpse into the insular world of an English public school scandalized by a recent burglary of its prized sports trophies ("pots") from its cricket pavilion. At first an overzealous master unjustly accuses one of the schoolboys, who happens to be in need of cash to pay a gambling debt owed to his brother. But, thanks to a Scotland Yard inspector brought in especially for the case, the boy is cleared and his promising career among the elite is left intact. Along the way, Wodehouse gives snapshots of the everyday lives of various boys: from dealing with the idiosyncrasies of fellow students, to collecting birds' eggs and sneaking a smoke in the nearby woods while avoiding capture by gamekeepers, to cranking out an underground magazine to raise needed funds. Through it all, the boys, along with their headmaster, handle things with wit and aplomb. Consistent with a worldview in which a man "should be before anything else a sportsman," sporting contests figure prominently: a boy rises from the canvas to score an unexpected knockout, and another graciously accepts his lastsecond defeat at the finish line.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. School Stories is a collection of humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse that feature the trials, tribulations and adventures of the denizens of the turnofthecentury English boarding school. First published in schoolboy magazines starting in 1901, the stories originally appeared in publications like The Captain and Public School Magazine. Some were also later collected into books. These stories, written more than a decade before he moved on to his more famous characters like Jeeves and Wooster, represent Wodehouse's first magazine sales and showcase his early career. While some of these stories are definitely of a moment, they're filled with delightful bits that would be instantly recognizable to students and teachers of any age. Indeed, the stories experienced a bit of a resurgence in the latter part of the 20th century, and remain a worthy part of Wodehouse's canon.

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. P. G. Wodehouse was an incredibly prolific writer who sold short stories to publications around the world throughout his career. The settings of his stories range from the casinos of Monte Carlo to the dance halls of New York, often taking detours into rural English life, where we follow his wide variety of distinctive characters and their trials, tribulations and follies. The stories in this volume consist of most of what is available in U.S. public domain, with the exception of some stories which were never anthologized, and stories that are collected in themed volumes (Jeeves Stories, Ukridge Stories, and School Stories). They are ordered by the date they first appeared in magazine form.

Jeremy Garnet, a second-rate novelist, gets talked into joining his old pal Stanley Featheringstonehaugh Ukridge in an insane plan to start a chicken ranch. Garnet should bail out on his crazy friend, but he falls in love with one of Ukridge's neighbors, Phyllis. Soon he is up to his neck in sick chickens, bad debts, a hostile future father-in-law, a sinister plot, and dirty golf. It all gets a bit thick, what? (Summary by Mark Nelson)

It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, some funny things happened on his road to success. His story is humorously told from the point of view of several parties involved.According to Wikipedia, the book is a humorous, fictionalized account of Wodehouse's early years as a journalist, with Wodehouse being portrayed by the character of Cloyster. (Summary by Debra Lynn)

Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip proposed by Mountry, despite her ex-husband having won custody of the boy. As Mountry leaves, Cynthia Drassilis arrives with Ogden, whom she has led away from his father's country house. Mrs Ford rewards Cynthia, but soon Mr Ford's secretary, a Mr Minnick, arrives to recover the stolen child. Cynthia tries to bribe his colleague, Mrs Sheridan, but to no avail, as she believes Nesta's influence has spoiled the boy. After they have gone, Nesta reveals to Cynthia Ogden's past as the 'Little Nugget', and the repeated attempts to kidnap him made by US gangsters. Nesta wishes to call in professional help, but Cynthia persuades her she can still do it, with the help of her new fiancé, a wealthy man called Peter Burns, who she suggests can take up a post at Ogden's new school, posing as a trainee schoolmaster. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Jimmy "Piccadilly Jim" Crocker returns to New York to repair his reputation and pursue his love-interest, Ann Chester. All he has to do is navigate imposters, explosives, spies, a rotten kid and his step-aunt Nesta while he pretends to be someone else pretending to be himself. What could possibly go wrong? - Summary by Mark Nelson

Bertram Wooster's manservant, Jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie's friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. But Wooster, jealous of Jeeves's fame, decides to step in and take over as the fixer of his pal's engagement, his aunt's gambling debts and old school-mate's desire to propose marriage. How far will Bertie sink them all in the soup? Will Jeeves come to the rescue? "Right Ho, Jeeves" features of course Bertie and Jeeves as well as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Tuppie Glossop, Aunt Dahlia and Anatole the high-strung French chef in this P.G. Wodehouse farce of England's upper crust. (Summary by Mark Nelson)