The World Of Psmith
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Within the drawing rooms and cricket pitches of Edwardian England, one figure stands apart from the rest — the magnificently imperturbable Psmith, the monocled, silk-hatted master of languid wit and impeccable scheming. The World of Psmith gathers the complete comedic chronicles of P. G. Wodehouse's most singular creation, a young man of aristocratic manners and socialist pretensions whose talent for audacious improvisation leads him from the corridors of a public school to the chaotic offices of a magazine, the sun-drenched estates of the English countryside, and beyond. Each story presents a perfectly constructed comic architecture, wherein Psmith's unshakeable composure collides magnificently with a world perpetually on the verge of absurd catastrophe. Wodehouse's genius lies in his prose — a style of crystalline elegance and comedic precision that prompted Evelyn Waugh to describe him as the greatest living writer of English. This omnibus illustrates the full breadth of the Psmith saga, from Mike and Psmith through to Psmith, Journalist and Leave it to Psmith, each volume a testament to Wodehouse's unrivalled command of plot and character. For those who have yet to make Psmith's acquaintance, be warned: once you have encountered a man who refers to himself in the third person and greets strangers with a casual Comrade, the world of ordinary fiction will never quite satisfy again.
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Barrie & Jenkins
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: 2nd printing
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Within the drawing rooms and cricket pitches of Edwardian England, one figure stands apart from the rest — the magnificently imperturbable Psmith, the monocled, silk-hatted master of languid wit and impeccable scheming. The World of Psmith gathers the complete comedic chronicles of P. G. Wodehouse's most singular creation, a young man of aristocratic manners and socialist pretensions whose talent for audacious improvisation leads him from the corridors of a public school to the chaotic offices of a magazine, the sun-drenched estates of the English countryside, and beyond. Each story presents a perfectly constructed comic architecture, wherein Psmith's unshakeable composure collides magnificently with a world perpetually on the verge of absurd catastrophe. Wodehouse's genius lies in his prose — a style of crystalline elegance and comedic precision that prompted Evelyn Waugh to describe him as the greatest living writer of English. This omnibus illustrates the full breadth of the Psmith saga, from Mike and Psmith through to Psmith, Journalist and Leave it to Psmith, each volume a testament to Wodehouse's unrivalled command of plot and character. For those who have yet to make Psmith's acquaintance, be warned: once you have encountered a man who refers to himself in the third person and greets strangers with a casual Comrade, the world of ordinary fiction will never quite satisfy again.