I suppose that, having grown up in a B&W minstrel-free world, it seems nothing more than a historical curiosity to me. I appreciate getting your thoughts on this as it wasn’t something I had considered. A reading list for the Blandings stories.A reading list for the Jeeves and Wooster stories.Don’t be alarmed by the pricing of first and collectable editions - it is possible to read your way through Wodehouse relatively cheaply in paperback, and most titles are now available as Ebooks. Most books are currently in print and available online (links included in this series), including second hand and rare editions. If your local booksellers are as lovely as mine, this adds considerably to the pleasure. Unless you are particularly fortunate, your local bookstore is unlikely to stock much Wodehouse, but they should be able to order books for you. Any errors, omissions and loony opinions that remain are entirely my own. In putting this series together, I’ve referred to many excellent online resources for Wodehouse fans (such as Neil Midkiff’s outstanding short story and novel listings) and invaluable advice from Wodehouse expert Tony Ring. It’s also helpful to know that Wodehouse’s books were often published under different titles in the UK and US. Wodehouse also rewrote some of his early stories, so the beginning isn’t always the best place to start. If you read Wodehouse in order of book publication you will encounter spoilers, particularly in the Blandings series. Many of Wodehouse’s stories first appeared in magazines such as The Strand (UK) and The Saturday Evening Post (US), but weren’t always published in book form in the same order, or even under the same titles. See the School Stories Reading List for a guide to the series. Or head straight for his best work in the genre, Mike and Psmith. Wodehouse’s first published novel, The Pothunters(1902) Wodehouse began writing at a young age and his early school stories depict English public-school life as he knew it - with plenty of sports, as well as the literary and classical references he used so cleverly in his adult work.
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