Ukridge (short stories)
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Ukridge is a collection of short stories by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.K. on June 3, 1924 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the U.S. on March 19, 1926 by George H. Doran, New York, under the title He Rather Enjoyed It.
The stories had previously appeared in Cosmopolitan in the U.S. and in the Strand in the U.K
The book contains ten short stories relating the adventures of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, narrated by Ukridge's long-suffering friend, the writer "Corky" Corcoran.
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- "Ukridge's Dog College"
- "Ukridge's Accident Syndicate"
- "The Debut of Battling Billson"
- "First Aid for Dora"
- "The Return of Battling Billson"
- "Ukridge Sees Her Through"
- "No Wedding Bells for Him"
- "The Long Arm of Looney Coote"
- "The Exit of Battling Billson"
- "Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner"
Ukridge had previously appeared in Love Among the Chickens (1906), Wodehouse's first novel to be published in the U.S., and would return in some other shorts. The timeline of his adventures is rather hard to follow - the tales collected here begin with him meeting up with Corky after a long separation, and follow fairly neatly on from each other, via being disowned by his Aunt Julia to meeting Millie, to whom he is married by the time of Love Among the Chickens. In the later shorts, however, he seems to be still single and living on and off with his aunt.
[edit] References
- Midkiff, Neil. The Wodehouse short stories. "Neil Midkiff's P. G. Wodehouse pages". Retrieved on April 24, 2006.
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[edit] External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with photos of book covers and a list of characters
- Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies
