Wodehouse, as quoted by Frances Donaldson You notice that popular literature, the kind of stories that are read for relaxation, is always very highly conventionalized…Wodehouse is a popular writer, and the fact that he is a popular writer has a lot to do with his use of stock plots. I was reading Blandings Castle again yesterday and was lost in admiration for the brilliance of the author. I am reduced to English mystery stories and my own stuff.

It absolutely beats me how people can read the stuff that is published now.

The most ghastly things are published and sell a million copies, but good old Wodehouse will have none of them and sticks to English mystery stories. Lewis He wrote to Sheran: What do you find to read these days? I simply can’t cope with the American novel. But is impresses us still more the more we study the general tone of sixteenth-century literature. To register for Cindy’s summer discipleship session, visit .Ĭommonplace Quotes: The gentleness and candour of Shakespeare’s mind has impressed all his readers. To find out more about Thomas’ summer class on G. Delighting in Wodehouse’s skill to turn a phrase, our hosts share many humorous passages throughout this episode, so be sure to stay tuned to the end to catch it all.įind annotations for the slang, quotes, etc., for The Code of the Woosters here. Cindy makes a comparison between the ease created by habits in life and form in stories. Angelina shares her take on Wodehouse’s ability to complicate the comedic form. Some of these stock characters are the couple, the helpful servant, the unhelpful servant, the irritable old man, and more. They share some similarities in Wodehouse’s work to Shakespearean and Roman comic characters. Wodehouse’s Code of the Woosters together, covering chapters 5-9 today. This week on The Literary Life Podcast our hosts, Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks, continue discussing P.

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