KENT - Essays 1

So you've won the Scripture-knowledge prize, have you?""Sir, yes, sir.""Yes," said Gussie, "you look just the sort of little tick who would." P. G. "Plum" Wodehouse has been described as "strenuousl……続きを見る

"Jeeves, I'm engaged." "I hope you will be very happy, sir." "Don't be an ass. I'm engaged to Miss Bassett." P. G. "Plum" Wodehouse was the father of the modern rom-com. In his hilarious fictional w……続きを見る

"There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'""The mood will pass, sir." Not only do trousers matter in the crazy world of P. G. "Plum" Wodehouse, they speak volumes: as d……続きを見る

"What are the chances of a cobra biting Harold, Jeeves?" "Slight, I should imagine, sir. And in such an event, knowing the boy as intimately as I do, my anxiety would be entirely for the snake." Chi……続きを見る

It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A.B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought ……続きを見る

"Wooster", those who know me have sometimes said, "may be a pretty total loss during the daytime hours, but plunge the world in darkness, switch on the soft lights, uncork the champagne and shove a ……続きを見る

"To the philosophical student of golf like myself" (said the Oldest Member), perhaps the most outstanding virtue of this noble pursuit is the fact that it is a medicine for the soul." Sport, in the ……続きを見る

"I am not very well up in the Peerage. I seldom read it except to get a laugh out of the names." P. G. "Plum" Wodehouse rarely stood on ceremony, and the snooty English class system was a favourite ……続きを見る

"It isn't half such a crazy place as it's made out to be. I know two- three people in Hollywood that are part sane." A talking gorilla called Cyril who graduated from Oxford University; a sword-wiel……続きを見る

"[I'm] as broke as the ten commandments." P. G. "Plum" Wodehouse knew a thing or two about the money-go-round; in 1938 he was the world's highest paid writer. At times, his financial affairs read li……続きを見る

Welcome to "The Nudge to Write: Volume 1," a transformative journey for aspiring writers to become published authors. In this collaborative endeavor, Sydney Jackson-Clockston and Tamara Cribley lead……続きを見る

History isn’t just a subject: it’s the subject. So why aren’t we treating it that way? Part personal essay, part investigation featuring commentary from leading educators and historians, The Vanishi……続きを見る

From one of the most ferociously brilliant and distinctive young voices in literary nonfiction: a debut shot through with violence, comedy, and feverish intensity that takes us on an odyssey into an……続きを見る

With an introduction by Robert Plant Against an unflinching backdrop of 90s reservation life in the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf Nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Native America……続きを見る

Cicero's speeches provide a fascinating window into the political battles and crises of his time. In this book, Joanna Kenty examines Cicero's persuasive strategies and the subtleties of his Latin p……続きを見る