P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBEwas an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 October 1881
voice want jeeves
I don't want to seem always to be criticizing your methods of voice production, Jeeves, I said, but I must inform you that that 'Well, sir' of yours is in many respects fully as unpleasant as your 'Indeed, sir?
rooms jeeves watches
One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.
jeeves disgruntled ifs
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
jeeves dignity quiet
We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. "Nothing further Jeeves", I said with quiet dignity.
jeeves goes-on conversation
What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.
hair jeeves wells
Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same.
shrimp jeeves pity
I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves
sheep sailing jeeves
There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action.
ties matter jeeves
-'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?' There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter
matter jeeves moments
There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.
ideas jeeves principles
It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.
women clothes jeeves
She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say 'when.'
aunt jeeves use
It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.
looked poured
He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'when!'