Love Among the Chickens by P G Wodehouse

Love Among the Chickens by P G Wodehouse

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Written when Wodehouse was 25, this book launched his career as a novelist and introduced the world to Uckridge, one of his most extraordinary creations. The introduction shows how this early book holds within it many of the themes which Wodehouse was to make his own.

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Love Among the Chickens by P G Wodehouse

Written when he was 25, LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS launched P.G. Wodehouse's career as a novelist and introduced the world to Uckridge, one of his most extraordinary inventions. Robert McCrum's introduction shows how this fascinating early book holds within it so many of the themes which Wodehouse was to make his own. This edition uses Wodehouse's 1920 revised edition of the 1906 original.
Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford. Having spent his early years in Hong Kong he was sent to Dulwich College and worked as a banker, journalist and Broadway lyricist before embarking on his remarkable career as a novelist. He became an American citizen in 1955 and died in Southampton, New York on February 14 1975.
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ISBN 13 9780141187044
ISBN 10 0141187042
Title Love Among the Chickens
Author P G Wodehouse
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2002-04-04
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.