On this day in 1915 PG Wodehouse’s iconic comedic duo, Wooster and Jeeves, made their first appearance!
#OnThisDay #PGWodehouse #JeevesAndWooster #HumourBooks #BookSky

On this day in 1915 PG Wodehouse’s iconic comedic duo, Wooster and Jeeves, made their first appearance!
#OnThisDay #PGWodehouse #JeevesAndWooster #HumourBooks #BookSky
**Bertie** "Aunt Dahlia is the one decent aunt left to me — a large, hearty woman who hunts and shoots and is a bit free with the language but fundamentally sound." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie** "Tuppy Glossop is the sort of chap who, given a delicate situation, can be relied upon to select the most injurious course of action available and pursue it with enthusiasm." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Aunt Agatha, delivering her annual assessment of Bertie's character:_ **Aunt Agatha:** "Bertie, you are a fathead. An incredible ass." — The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_After Bertie presents what he considers a perfectly sound scheme:_ **Aunt Dahlia:** "Bertie, you are an ass." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_On the subject of ageing gracefully:_ "There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine." — Narrator, The Old Reliable (1951) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, reflecting on a romantic entanglement that was not going as hoped:_ "The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number." — Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
📰 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 15 September 1915, #PGWodehouse's short story "Extricating Young Gussie," the first to introduce his legendary characters #BertieWooster and his valet #Jeeves, was published in The Saturday Evening Post.
"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season." — The Mating Season (1949) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"She sagged. Not much, but perceptibly — like a leaky tyre." — Thank You, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_PG Wodehouse, on the subject of advice:_ "I always advise people never to give advice." — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Performing Flea (1953) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975 👉ALT), “Pigs Have Wings”
‘Parsloe’s monstrous kidnapped pig was about to be discovered. The fat, so to speak, was in the fire’
*Collier’s*, September 13, 1952
#PGWodehouse #humorists #RobertFawcett #pigs #hogs
"He had the look of one who has drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom." — The Code of the Woosters (1938) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"She looked at me as if I were some sort of strange insect that had crawled out from under a flat stone." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
On Aunts: "My Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth." — Bertie, The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Narrator** "Gussie Fink-Nottle was a man who devoted his life to the study of the newt in all its facets and ramifications." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie** "Aunt Dahlia is the one aunt I can put up with. She hunts — or did when younger — and the effect of a life in the saddle has given her a carrying sort of voice that can be heard from a considerable distance." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, softening up the resistance before presenting his plan:_ **Bertie:** "Jeeves, I want you to approach this matter with an open mind." — Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, after yet another last-minute deliverance:_ **Bertie:** "You know, Jeeves, you're a genius." — Very Good, Jeeves (1930) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_Bertie, on his family's pioneering contribution to nutritional science:_ "My Uncle George discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought." — Bertie, Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) #PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit