Bill the Conqueror, P. G. Wodehouse
Bill the Conqueror, P. G. Wodehouse
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Bill the Conqueror

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2015

Categories: Fiction, Humorous

Synopsis

Sir George Pyke is quite disappointed in his son Roderick's business acumen. Roderick, unlike his old man, lacks the aggressive drive required of a business tycoon. So the elder Pyke resolves to marry him off to the sprightly Felicia, who has enough spark to manage any man and may just do him a world of good. All is going well until Bill West arrives from New York. Felicia recognizes in this strong, ambitious chap the man for whom she should forsake all others—but making their way to the altar may be easier said than done.This romantic comedy from master humorist P. G. Wodehouse is sure to delight, whether you're new to his work or a longtime fan.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English writer best known for his humorous novels and plays with such memorable characters as, Psmith, Mr. Mulliner, Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves. A prolific writer with some ninety books, forty plays, and two hundred short stories to his credit, he has been described as a “comic poet” with a gift for high farce.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, including one for his narration of Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. A multiple Audie finalist, Simon has won Audie Awards for The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Market Forces by Richard K. Morgan, and The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. Winner of the 2008 Booklist Voice of Choice Award, Simon has also been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Douglas on January 10, 2009

Wodehouse is the guy.......more

Goodreads review by Ian on October 28, 2007

Sir George Pyke, founder of the Mammoth Publishing Company, is keen for his son, Roderick, to marry his sister’s husband’s niece, Felicia who is ‘sprightly enough to put the stuffing into any man’. Unfortunately Roderick is in love with the stenographer from ‘Society Spice’, which Roderick edits wit......more

Goodreads review by Chet on October 06, 2021

Example of P.G. Wodehouse's brilliant use of language: on page 347 - "Placid, stolid, wrapped up in its own affairs and titanically indifferent to all else, London went about its daily business. From Putney to Sloane Square, from Cricklewood to Regent Street, from Sydenham Hill to the Strand, from e......more

Goodreads review by Prakash on February 27, 2020

Bill the conqueror is one of the early works of Wodehouse. Though this work isn't brewed by the regular rib ticklers such as Wooster, Jeeves and PSmith; yet it gets you intoxicated. Going by the plot of people getting engaged to wrong persons and trying to get disentangled; plot having its fair shar......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 13, 2023

Audible versions especially fun for Wodehouse......more

Quotes

“Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.” Evelyn Waugh

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