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P. G. Wodehouse

1881 - 1975

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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( WOOD-howss; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. G. Wodehouse has received more than 3,179,664 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). P. G. Wodehouse is the 1,296th most popular writer (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,014th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Writer.

P. G. Wodehouse is most famous for his comedic writing and his creation of Jeeves and Wooster.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Something fresh
1915
The Code of the Woosters
1938
The Intrusion of Jimmy
1910
Right Ho, Jeeves
1934
Psmith in the City
1910
Psmith, Journalist
1915
A Damsel in Distress
Blandings Castle (England : Imaginary place), Classic Literature, Fiction
Inasmuch as the scene of this story is that historic pile, Belpher Castle, in the county of Hampshire, it would be an agreeable task to open it with a leisurely description of the place, followed by some notes on the history of the Earls of Marshmoreton, who have owned it since the fifteenth century. Unfortunately, in these days of rush and hurry, a novelist works at a disadvantage. He must leap into the middle of his tale with as little delay as he would employ in boarding a moving tramcar.
1900
Something Fresh
Humor (Fiction), Fiction in English, Fiction
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen Fry A Blandings novelThis is the first Blandings novel, in which P.G. Wodehouse introduces us to the delightfully dotty Lord Emsworth, his bone-headed younger son, the Hon. Freddie Threepwood, his long-suffering secretary, the Efficient Baxter, and Beach the Blandings butler.As Wodehouse wrote, 'without at least one impostor on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself'. In Something Fresh there are two, each with an eye on a valuable scarab which Lord Emsworth has acquired without quite realizing how it came into his pocket. But of course things get a lot more complicated than this...
1915
Psmith Journalist
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Psmith (Fictitious character)
An eccentric foppish dilettante from Britain makes a run at journalism in New York City, in the process turning a sentimental "old home journal" into a muckraking scandal sheet, exposing terrible conditions in the slums with the aid of some representatives from the local gangs.
1915
Right Ho, Jeeves
Bertie Wooster (Fictitious character), Valets, Fiction
Jeeves has some outrageous ideas about how Gussie Fink-Nottle can capture the affections of Miss Madeline Bassett: scarlet tights and a false beard. What follows is a delightful romp through the banquet halls and boudoirs of English high society by "the funniest writer ever to put words on paper" (Hugh Laurie).
1934
Carry On, Jeeves
Bertie Wooster (Fictitious character), Valets, Jeeves (Fictitious character)
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen FryA Jeeves and Wooster collectionThese marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ('If you would drink this, sir... it is a little preparation of my own invention. It is the Worcester Sauce that gives it its colour. The raw egg makes it nutritious. The red pepper gives it its bite. Gentlemen have told me they have found it extremely invigorating after a late evening.')And from that moment, one of the funniest, sharpest and most touching partnerships in English literature never looks back...
1925
Love among the chickens / by P. G. Wodehouse
Chicken industry, Fiction, England, fiction
P. G. Wodehouse at his comical best with the tale of a young writer who agrees to help his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge start a chicken farm. But chickens become only a secondary concern when the narrator meets his neighbor Professor Derrick and Derrick's beautiful daughter, Phyllis...
1908

Among WRITERS

Among writers, P. G. Wodehouse ranks 1,296 out of 7,302. Before him are Poul Anderson, Alma Reville, Victor Serge, Jakob Wassermann, Alexander Radishchev, and Matthew Lewis. After him are Javier Marías, A. E. van Vogt, John Tzetzes, Neil Gaiman, Aelius Aristides, and Danielle Steel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, P. G. Wodehouse ranks 52. Before him are William Boeing, Giovanni Papini, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Franz Gürtner, Victor Klemperer, and Hugo Meisl. After him are Paul Cornu, Eugène Schueller, L. E. J. Brouwer, Vincenzo Lancia, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, and Vincenzo Peruggia. Among people deceased in 1975, P. G. Wodehouse ranks 44. Before him are Vicente Feola, Susan Hayward, Ernst Hanfstaengl, François Tombalbaye, Bernard Herrmann, and Joseph Bech. After him are Carlo Levi, Thornton Wilder, Rex Stout, Al Lettieri, Guy Mollet, and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, P. G. Wodehouse ranks 973 out of 8,785. Before him are Ida Noddack (1896), Alma Reville (1899), John Boyd Orr (1880), James Jeans (1877), Matthew Lewis (1775), and Victoria Beckham (1974). After him are PJ Harvey (1969), Keith Moon (1946), Slash (1965), Denholm Elliott (1922), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and William Huggins (1824).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, P. G. Wodehouse ranks 118. Before him are Samuel Pepys (1633), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Thomas Chatterton (1752), Alma Reville (1899), and Matthew Lewis (1775). After him are Neil Gaiman (1960), Lee Child (1954), Allan Pinkerton (1819), James Murray (1837), Robert Browning (1812), and Jane Hawking (1944).

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