<p>This is a good example of early Wodehouse. It is here that Jeeves makes his first appearance with these unremarkable words: “Mrs. Gregson to see you sir.” Years later when Jeeves became a household name Wodehouse said he blushed to think of the offhand way he had treated the man at their first encounter.</p> <p>In the story “Extricating Young Gussie” we find Bertie Wooster’s redoubtable Aunt Agatha “who had an eye like a man-eating fish and had got amoral suasion down to a fine point.”</p> <p>The other stories are also fine vintage Wodehouse: the romance between a lovely girl and a would-be playwright the rivalry between the ugly policeman and Alf the Romeo milkman the plight of Henry in the title piece <em>The Man With Two Left Feet</em> who fell in love with a dance hostess and more.</p> <p>Included in this collection are:</p> <p>1. “Bill the Bloodhound” <br />2. “Extricating Young Gussie” <br />3. “Wilton’s Holiday”<br />4. “The Mixer I: He Meets a Shy Gentleman” <br />5. “The Mixer II: He Moves in Society” <br />6. “Crowned Heads” <br />7. “At Geinsenheimer’s” <br />8. “The Making of Mac’s” <br />9. “One Touch of Nature” <br />10. “Black for Luck” <br />11. “The Romance of an Ugly Policeman” <br />12. “A Sea of Troubles” <br />13. “The Man with Two Left Feet”</p>
Title | The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories |
Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
Narrator | Frederick Davidson |
Media | Audiobooks |
Genre | General Fiction |
ISBN | 9781481547482 |
Published | 2011-10-24 |
Stock | In stock |
Duration | 6 hours 42 minutes |