Raised by a Chinese nurse along with his elder brothers Peveril and Armine, the siblings returned to England when Wodehouse was two and were cared for by an English nanny in a house adjoining that of Eleanor's parents' (a then-normal arrangement for colony families). His mother was visiting her sister when Wodehouse was born prematurely, and after his baptism (and being named after his godfather Lieutenant-Colonel Pelham George von Donop-yet his nickname came to be "Plum") the two sailed for Hong Kong.
His father Henry Ernest Wodehouse was a magistrate resident in the British colony of Hong Kong, and his mother Eleanor (née Deane) was the daughter of the schoolmaster and author Reverend John Bathurst Deane. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. Singular among large print humor classics (including large print short stories for seniors through to young adults and children large print fiction paperbacks edition), Wodehouse novels and short story collections are a must for every avid reader of humorous fiction. Mulliner and his improbable recollections in the Angler's Rest pub, and the Oldest Member and his unabating golf stories. Wodehouse's most popular literary creation, and My Man Jeeves is an excellent place to start with the adventures of this highly capable valet.Īmongst Wodehouse's considerable output, his other most enduring and beloved characters-along with Jeeves's counterpoint, the idle rich Londoner Bertie Wooster-include the witty monocle-sporting Psmith, the amiable if forgetful Threepwood family head Lord Emsworth and his idyllic home of Blandings Castle, Mr.
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