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The Angler's (or Anglers') Rest is the fictional public house frequented by irrepressible raconteur Mr. Mulliner.At the beginning of each Mulliner short story, Mr. Mulliner and his companions are having a conversation in the bar-parlour that touches on a variety of topics, often unconnected to the previous one.
The following articles are about fictional locations from the stories by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. Pages in category "P. G. Wodehouse locations" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The P. G. Wodehouse Society (UK) was founded in 1997 and has over 1,000 members as at 2015. [228] Alexander Armstrong became president of the society in 2017; [ 229 ] past presidents have included Terry Wogan and Richard Briers . [ 230 ]
Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous tales and adventures.
Wodehouse frequently named his characters after places with which he was familiar, [1] and Lord Emsworth takes his name from the Hampshire town of Emsworth, where Wodehouse spent some time in the 1900s; he first went there in 1903, at the invitation of his friend Herbert Westbrook, and later took a lease on a house there called "Threepwood Cottage", which name he used as Lord Emsworth's family ...
The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British humorist P. G. Wodehouse. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members.
Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 24 February 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. [1] The story had previously appeared in the US in the Saturday Evening Post between 16 September and 11 November 1916.
Louder and Funnier is a collection of essays by P. G. Wodehouse, first published as a book in the United Kingdom on 10 March 1932 by Faber and Faber, London. [1] Most of the essays, which cover a broad range of topics, derive from articles written for the American Vanity Fair magazine between 1914 and 1923. During much of this period, Wodehouse ...