Nothing Serious (short story collection)

First edition

Nothing Serious is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 21 July 1950 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 24 May 1951 by Doubleday & Co., New York.^[1] It was published again in 2008 by The Overlook Press.

Overview

It is a mixed bag of stories, mostly featuring appearances from several of Wodehouse's recurring characters, including two Drones Club stories (the first about Bingo Little and another about Freddie Widgeon), five Oldest Member golf stories, one Blandings Castle, one independent, and one Ukridge story.

"The Shadow Passes" (Drones Club: Bingo Little)
- First published in this volume
"Bramley Is So Bracing" (Drones Club: Freddie Widgeon)
- US: Saturday Evening Post, 28 October 1939
- UK: Strand, December 1940
"Up from the Depths" (Oldest Member golf)
- First published in this volume
"Feet of Clay" (Oldest Member golf)
- US: This Week, 18 June 1950 (as "A Slightly Broken Romance")
"Excelsior" (Oldest Member golf)
- US: Argosy, 1 July 1948 (as "Hazards of Horace Bewstridge")
"Rodney Has a Relapse" (Oldest Member golf)
- Canada: National Home Monthly, February 1949 (as "Rupert Has a Relapse")
"Tangled Hearts" (Oldest Member golf)
- US: Cosmopolitan, September 1948 (as "I'll Give You Some Advice")
"Birth of a Salesman" (Blandings Castle)
- US: This Week, 26 March 1950
"How's That, Umpire?" (Conky Biddle cricket story)
- First published in this volume
"Success Story" (Ukridge)
- US: Argosy, 1 March 1947 (as "Ukie Invests in Human Nature")

References and sources

References

↑ McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 84-85. ISBN 087008125X

Sources

Midkiff, Neil. "The Wodehouse short stories". P. G. Wodehouse pages. Retrieved 2006-04-24.

External links

The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters
Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies

P. G. Wodehouse

Bibliography Songs

Jeeves and Wooster	The Man with Two Left Feet "Extricating Young Gussie" My Man Jeeves The Inimitable Jeeves "Jeeves in the Springtime" "Comrade Bingo" Carry On, Jeeves "Jeeves Takes Charge" Very Good, Jeeves Thank You, Jeeves Right Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters Joy in the Morning The Mating Season Ring for Jeeves Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit Jeeves in the Offing Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Much Obliged, Jeeves Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

Blandings Castle	Something Fresh Leave It to Psmith Blandings Castle and Elsewhere "The Custody of the Pumpkin" "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best" "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" "Company for Gertrude" "The Go-getter" "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" Summer Lightning Heavy Weather Lord Emsworth and Others "The Crime Wave at Blandings" Uncle Fred in the Springtime Full Moon Pigs Have Wings Service with a Smile Galahad at Blandings Plum Pie "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" A Pelican at Blandings Sunset at Blandings

Psmith	Mike Psmith in the City Psmith, Journalist Leave It to Psmith

School stories	The Gold Bat The Head of Kay's Mike The Pothunters A Prefect's Uncle Tales of St. Austin's Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere The White Feather

Autobiographical	Bring on the Girls! Performing Flea Over Seventy

Other books and stories	The Adventures of Sally Bachelors Anonymous Barmy in Wonderland Big Money Bill the Conqueror The Clicking of Cuthbert Cocktail Time The Coming of Bill Company for Henry A Damsel in Distress Do Butlers Burgle Banks? Doctor Sally Eggs, Beans and Crumpets A Few Quick Ones French Leave Frozen Assets A Gentleman of Leisure The Girl in Blue The Girl on the Boat The Globe By the Way Book The Heart of a Goof Hot Water Ice in the Bedroom If I Were You Indiscretions of Archie Jill the Reckless Laughing Gas The Little Nugget Louder and Funnier Love Among the Chickens The Luck of the Bodkins The Luck Stone A Man of Means The Man Upstairs The Man with Two Left Feet Meet Mr Mulliner Money for Nothing Money in the Bank Mr Mulliner Speaking Mulliner Nights Not George Washington Nothing Serious The Old Reliable Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin Piccadilly Jim Plum Pie The Prince and Betty Quick Service Sam the Sudden The Small Bachelor Something Fishy Spring Fever Summer Moonshine The Swoop! Ukridge Uncle Dynamite Uneasy Money William Tell Told Again Young Men in Spats

Radio	What Ho, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters

Stage	The Beauty of Bath (1906) Nuts and Wine (1914) Oh, Boy! (1917) Leave It to Jane (1917) The Riviera Girl (1917) Miss 1917 (1917) Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) The Girl Behind the Gun (1918) Kissing Time (1919) Sally (1920) The Cabaret Girl (1922) The Beauty Prize (1923) Oh, Kay! (1926) Show Boat (1927) Rosalie (1928) The Three Musketeers (1928) Anything Goes (1934) Jeeves (later By Jeeves) (1975/1996) Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2013) A Damsel in Distress (2015)

Films	A Gentleman of Leisure (1915) A Damsel in Distress (1919) Piccadilly Jim (1919) Summer Lightning (1933) Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) Step Lively, Jeeves (1937) Piccadilly Jim (1936) A Damsel in Distress (1937) The Girl on the Boat (1961) By Jeeves (2001) Piccadilly Jim (2004)

Television	The World of Wooster (1965–67) The World of Wodehouse (1967–68) Wodehouse Playhouse (1975–78) Jeeves and Wooster (1990–93) Heavy Weather (1995) Blandings (2013)

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Nothing Serious (short story collection)

Overview

Contents

See also

References and sources

External links