just finished wodehouse's the mating season.

[cimorene]

pg wodehouse was captured by the germans in ww2 and held prisoner for a long time (although maybe it was under house arrest?).  he wasn't released until he had done some kind of... radio announcements or something for them (my reading about this has been sketchy to say the least).  after that, a lot of other british people made england too hot to hold him until he finally permanently relocated to america, a fact he was somewhat bitter about.  he was fond of america before that too, but the references increase in the later jeeves & woosters. 

one of his biggest detractors in england was aa milne, a writer whose work, particularly winnie the pooh, wodehouse held in some contempt.  i love the pooh books, but he mocks them to great effect in the mating season (which hasn't been re-issued with the cartoony cover yet, so for those of you who haven't obtained a copy let me say that madeline bassett is a big fan of "christopher robin poems"). 

the mating season was the last novel i was certain i didn't have.  i'm not positive about jeeves in the offing/how right you are, jeeves--i've got it marked off as already ordered on a list i was keeping but i can't for the life of me remember actually holding it in my hot little hands.  and then again, on the numerous occasions when i've cracked it open in the bookstore, the prose has looked familiar (but then, it would anyway, wouldn't it?).  perhaps i have it in an omnibus.  i can't check until my parents mail more books to me. 

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[metaforgirl.livejournal.com]

I didn't know this about Wodehouse. It makes me respect and want to read more of 'jeeves and wooster'.

A.A.Milne was a creepazoid. I've had to work on WtP stuff. Gah. ::sticks finger down throat in attempt to clear belly of Kanga:: We have a truly terrifying photo of the original Christopher pouting and holding the real Pooh Bear with an expression of fear and anger in his eyes.

Thanks so much for the info and the reference.