P. G. Wodehouse, the author of the Jeeves stories, is a very funny writer. Early in his career, he wrote schoolboy stories -- a genre J.K. Rowling has continued -- and Broadway comedies.
His best fiction has the intricate plotting and flawless pacing of a good stage comedy.
In addition, he is a wonderful stylist.
But his fiction is almost content free. Think about Harry Potter without darkness or growth -- a schoolboy story where no one learns or changes.
It doesn't matter. Wodehouse is fiction as juggling or dance. And maybe some of the humor comes from the perfection of a story which says nothing important.
And maybe there is a content I can't see.
A friend found a chapbook edition of a P.G. Wodehouse story translated into Medieval Icelandic, bought it and gave it to me. The perfect gift, and a funny idea.
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My husband is a huge fan of Jeeves.
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