gutenberg_org, 7 months ago to books

"Jeeves lugged my purple socks out of the drawer as if he were a vegetarian fishing a caterpillar out of his salad."
The Inimitable Jeeves

English comic novelist, short-story writer, lyricist, and playwright Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born #OTD in 1881. He is best known as the creator of Jeeves, the supreme “gentleman’s gentleman.” He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/783

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Cover of My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse. This is the 1920 impression of the first (1919) edition, published by George Newnes in July 1920.
Illustration from page 61 of Wodehouse, P.G. (1910). The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W.J. Watt & Co.

apaladinsventure, 1 year ago to art

General concerns for a Monday…

“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?’”

“The mood will pass, sir.”

P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters
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#Art 🎨 by Edgar Torné, DeviantArt

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lookitmychicken, 1 year ago to Hololive

Get to know your new friends on Masto!

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lookitmychicken, 1 year ago to random

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