Full name: Yours, Plum: The Letters of P. G. Wodehouse

Authors: P. G. Wodehouse, Frances Donaldson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780091746391 0091746396

In addition to his immense published output, P.G. Wodehouse always found time to write letters, and this volume, edited and introduced by the author of his authorised biography, Frances Donaldson, is his last great work. Selected from a vast collection, hugely funny and delightfully readable, they are full of the richest Wodehousian expressions and show a new perspective on Plum's shy, reclusive, innocent yet uniquely gifted personality. If ever letters were a joy to read, these are.Every aspect of Wodehouse's career is covered, including his experiences during the war over the Berlin Broadcasts and his subsequent dealings with Cassandra, who so unfairly attacked him. Included are fascinating letters to his friends Bill Townend, Guy Bolton and Dennis Mackail, about his working and domestic life and his attitudes to other writers; but at the centre, and most revealing of his real nature are his remarkable letters to his stepdaughter Leonora, which have an incomparable biographical value because they were addressed to someone he loved and trusted completely. As Frances Donaldson writes, these letters 'were written by a master of English prose. Full of charm, humour and eccentricities, they are clearly a valuable addition to the published work.' Similar books: The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh by Nancy Mitford Too Brief a Treat by Truman Capote Love from Nancy by Nancy Mitford The Mitfords by Charlotte Mosley Letters Home by Sylvia Plath The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx Decca by Jessica Mitford Letters from Africa, 1914-1931 by Isak Dinesen