Meet Mr. Mulliner, P. G. Wodehouse
Meet Mr. Mulliner, P. G. Wodehouse
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Meet Mr. Mulliner

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011

Synopsis

In the Angler’s Rest, a bucolic English pub, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse’s greatest raconteurs. Mr. Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behavior of his far-flung family. One of them concerns Wilfred, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance. Its explosive effects on a shy young curate and then the higher clergy are gravely revealed.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on June 30, 2015

Undoubtedly, this is the most hilarious collection of short stories I've ever read. Except for one ("The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer") which I found only so-so, all the others had me in stitches. I have returned to this collection again and again, whenever I was feeling down in the dumps, and left wi......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on April 21, 2017

Yet another charming expedition into the mind of PG Wodehouse, this time concentrating on Mr Mulliner. But not just one Mr Mulliner! Each story contains a different Mr Mulliner ( a different relation to the Mr Mulliner who is telling the story ) and his exploits. It's highly amusing, wonderfully wri......more

Goodreads review by Kuszma on September 23, 2019

Bár az elején hiányzott nekem belőle Bertie és Jeeves, de aztán elkezdtem élvezni Mr. Mullinert is. Igaz, nem tudtam szabadulni a gondolattól, hogy ha egy rejtőjenői csehóban kezdené el nyomatni hajmeresztő meséit, akkor biztos hamar fejbecsűrnék egy bóléstállal. Amúgy meg hadd dicsérjem meg magamat......more

Goodreads review by John on June 13, 2023

Nine hilarious tales. Where we hear Mr Mulliner entertain the clientele of the Anglers Arms with stories about his relatives. The Truth About George and how his nephew cures his stammer in one day by talking to three strangers with hilarious consequences. A Slice of Love fe and how Wilfred finds lov......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 28, 2018

Tall tales told in taverns are a favorite genre for me and when P.G. Wodehouse turns his hand to it, especially when read by Jonathan Cecil, how can I resist? These are wonderful little stories, each of which contain the essence of plot points used in Wodehouse's later novels. In a way these early sh......more

Quotes

“[P. G. Wodehouse] is known for numerous popular stories and novels about his whimsical upper-class characters: the Honorable Bertie Wooster, Psmith, Mr. Mulliner, Jeeves, the valet, and assorted peers. Much of the humor stems from the idle gentleman. The books contain fantasy, affectionate satire, and the absurd comic situations of farce. The style is very elaborate, full of verbal ingenuity, mock pomposity, and unexpected slang.” The Reader’s Encyclopedia

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