Mulliner Nights, P. G. Wodehouse
Mulliner Nights, P. G. Wodehouse
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Mulliner Nights

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Classic

Synopsis

A private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them. An artist so intimidated by his morally impeccable cat that he feels compelled to wear formal attire at dinner. A devotee of Proust whose life is turned upside down when he inadvertently subscribes to a correspondence course on "How to Acquire Complete Self-Confidence and an Iron Will." These are just a few of the many members of the eccentric Mulliner clan whose lives and exploits are laid before the regulars of the Angler's Rest by that doyen of raconteurs, Mr. Mulliner, in a series of tall stories in which lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme.

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 F.R.

Another wonderful collection of stories from The Angler’s Rest. Here, for your enjoyment, are quotes from each tale: The Smile That Wins “There was enough of the financier to make two financiers. It was as if Nature, planning a financier, had said to itself: ‘We will do this thing well. We will not sk......more

Goodreads review by Peter

So much as been said about this wonderful collection of stories that their is nothing new to add. The two part story with the cat, bloody hilarious. Websters story is a cross between a decadent tale infused with a gothic tale completely turned on its head. The second Cats Will Be Cats is pure slapsti......more

Goodreads review by Tosh

P.G. Wodehouse. The man was a genius and one of the great writers of the 20th Century. Period. Boris Vian loved him. Pynchon, I bet, loves him. In fact I suspect he's a writer's writer. If not, then there is something wrong with contemporary writing. One can choose any title -and it's all the same.......more

Goodreads review by Nandakishore

I love Mulliner and his inexhaustible supply of nephews, nieces and cousins and their incredible tales. Another gem from Wodehouse.......more

Quotes

“Wodehouse’s expert storytelling and portraits of sneakery, humiliation, and redemption are unwaveringly brilliant…Wodehouse’s delightful descriptions tickle and tease through his acute mastery of language.” Uncultured Critic

“[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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