By: P.G. Wodehouse

In a journey lasting several hours his society was likely to prove irksome.

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘I have never written a poem about fish.’

By: Joshua Glenn

From BEAU GESTE and THE SHIP OF ISHTAR to TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘Let me describe for you the Yew Alley at Blandings.’

By: Joshua Glenn

From THE DARK IS RISING and PREZ to THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘Steal your aunt’s necklace?’ he said indulgently.

By: Joshua Glenn

From LAFCADIO’S ADVENTURES and BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA to AT THE EARTH’S CORE

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘I thought you’d be a tougher specimen altogether.’

By: P.G. Wodehouse

The distressing shrub completely spoiled his walk.

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘You find me natty? Well, well, perhaps you are right.’

By: Joshua Glenn

From BLACK MAGIC and TRUXTON KING to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘I mean, a joke’s a joke, but that was a dashed good umbrella.’

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘If only there were no hats or safety bets in the world, I would be smugly opulent.’

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘He’s such a persevering young man. He proposes early and often.’

By: P.G. Wodehouse

‘I shall probably have to rush out and marry someone myself.’