Wodehouse was in his new home in Le Touquet, France, having tea with his wife and their friends when World War II begun, Wodehouse eventually captured by German forces and spending some time in a prison camp.ĭespite his dire situation, Wodehouse was well-treated and, indeed, found the time to keep writing. Wodehouse and Ethel, an American Widow, met in 1913 and they were married a year later. It was during this period that Wodehouse’s obsession for golf developed, the sport featuring prominently in many of his short stories. By 1910, Wodehouse had established himself in a manner that made it possible for him to reside in both the US and France. Wodehouse’s talent for writing comic dialogue quickly manifested. His initial literary attempts where school novels tackling life in some of England’s most famous universities with most of his novels primarily purposed for a boys magazine known as ‘The Captain’, P.G. It was during this period that he began writing short stories. Upon completing school, Wodehouse spent some time as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank but soon chose to switch jobs, finding a place as a sports reporter at the old Globe Newspaper. Wodehouse returned to Britain at a fairly early age, attending Dulwich College in London. Wodehouse’s mother was visiting her sister in England when he was born, the pair returning to Hong Kong where his father, a Magistrate, was living a few weeks later. At the time of his death, he had nearly 200 different works under his name, ranging from novels to short stories, songs, and plays. Wodehouse was born Octoand he died on February 14th, 1975 in a Southampton Hospital, New York, from a long illness that eventually culminated in a heart attack at the age of 93. Wodehouse was one of the most widely renowned humorists of the 20th century. Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories The Man with Two Left Feet & Other Stories
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