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The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

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First published: 1914
Pages: 280

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01 - The Man Upstairs
32:01
02 - Something to Worry About
32:34
03 - Deep Waters
35:17
04 - When Doctors Disagree
33:45
05 - By Advice of Counsel
22:11
06 - Rough-Hew Them How We Will
27:21
07 - The Man Who Disliked Cats
32:01
08 - Ruth in Exile
32:42
09 - Archibald's Benefit
34:39
10 - The Man, The Maid, And The Miasma
26:53
11 - The Good Angel
29:31

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About this book

Nineteen short stories collected in 1914 show P. G. Wodehouse warming up the comic machinery he would later run for decades. Written before Jeeves and Blandings took over his career, these tales follow struggling composers, boxing enthusiasts, shop girls, and lovestruck young men through the small crises of courtship and ambition. The title story pairs a prickly music teacher with the mysterious neighbour in the flat above hers, while others range from prizefights to office romances. The plots are light and the endings kind, but the sentences already sparkle with the timing and cheerful absurdity that made Wodehouse a household name. It is an easy, good-natured book to dip into between heavier reading, and a fine place to meet him before the famous butler arrives.

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P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English novelist, playwright, librettist, lyricist and humorist. His comic creations include Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, Psmith, Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, and Mr. Mulliner.