Mr. Mulliner Stories

From his corner of the Angler’s Rest, a glass of hot Scotch and lemon in hand, Mr. Mulliner will happily tell you about his relatives, and every last one of them seems to have lived through something extraordinary. Bashful curates, lovesick poets, and young men whose nerve deserts them at the worst possible moment all crowd his tales, which spiral from a small embarrassment into splendid lunacy before landing on a tidy, improbable ending. First gathered in 1927, these stories gave Wodehouse a fresh frame for his gift of the tall story, letting one gentle liar conjure a whole gallery of eccentric kin. The comic timing is faultless and the invention tireless. This collection is offered here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.