The Little Nugget (1913) is one of the novels in which Wodehouse found his feet, a light comic thriller set in an English prep school for the children of the nobility and gentry. Into their midst comes eleven-year-old Ogden Ford, the mouthy, overweight, chain-smoking son of an American millionaire. Ogden (whom we meet again in Piccadilly Jim) is the object of a kidnap attempt which forms the basis of the plot. The comedy arises from Wodehouse's favourite topics of Anglo-American misunderstanding and the absurdities of school life.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.
Title: The Little Nugget (Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse)
Author: Wodehouse, P.G.
ISBN: 9781841591414
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Publisher: Everyman
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Number of Pages: 272
Weight: 0.4220 kg
Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in. -- EVELYN WAUGH
He exhausts superlatives -- STEPHEN FRY
Pure word music -- DOUGLAS ADAMS
The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum * THE INDEPENDENT *
The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare * EVENING STANDARD *
