The Coming Of Bill

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ISBN: 9781841591407

P.G. Wodehouse

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Everyman Hardcovers
15 September 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE

P.G. Wodehouse is recognised as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century. His characters and settings have entered our language and our mythology. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, the Everyman Wodehouse will eventually contain all the novels and stories, edited and reset. Each Everyman volume will be the finest edition of the master ever published.

The Coming of Bill (1920) is the nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious novel, although the influence of the musical comedies he was writing at the time is never far away. Bill is the child of Ruth, a spoilt heiress, and Kirk, an impecunious artist of perfect physique. Their marriage has been arranged by Ruth's aunt, a believer in eugenics who then takes charge of the baby. The story, set entirely in New York and Connecticut, concerns the young couple's campaign to retrieve their child from the overbearing Mrs Porter and establish a normal family life. They are eventually successful, but only after a series of comic mishaps in a story which features a galaxyof vintage Wodehouse characters, including the bossy aunt, a tetchy millionaire, a good-natured ex-boxer and an orotund English butler.

By: P.G. Wodehouse
Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781841591407
ISBN 10: 1841591408
Series: Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE
Publication Date: 15 September 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Coming Of Bill

"""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"

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The Coming Of Bill

P.G. Wodehouse

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