tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post2703572837766840995..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Stiff Upper Lip, JeevesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-37399256627655296432017-01-05T19:13:11.576-06:002017-01-05T19:13:11.576-06:00I thought Wodehouse's whimsical style would st...I thought Wodehouse's whimsical style would start the year off right -- my other choices were gloomy histories and politics. Glad to know another Wodehouse fan! Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-8352243763577679322017-01-05T16:16:19.947-06:002017-01-05T16:16:19.947-06:00imo some of the best books ever written; particul...imo some of the best books ever written; particularly for depressed persons... absorbing the full measure of humor may require some familiarity with English upper class culture early last century, but comprehending Wodehousian parlance will increase with experience... "plum" as he was called lived into his nineties and wrote over a hundred books and plays; he was not a teetotaller, but not much of an imbiber, either... the funniest works i've ever read...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-60421740082284627562017-01-05T10:02:07.931-06:002017-01-05T10:02:07.931-06:00Thanks for the posting and Rx. I will see if my li...Thanks for the posting and Rx. I will see if my library has a copy of _Carry On, Jeeves_. However, I am wary of humorous writing. Perhaps I am now too much of a curmudgeon!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com