Wodehouse
Wodehouse refers to P.G.
Wodehouse (1881–1975), the English comic novelist celebrated for his intricate plots and distinctive prose style.
His name has become shorthand for a certain kind of humor—light, elaborate, and verbally playful: The dialogue has a Wodehouse quality.
Wodehousian describes writing or situations reminiscent of his work, particularly the aristocratic absurdities of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.
Byword for butler
Film rating for children
- PelhamEnglish place surname
- JeevesByword for butler
- WoosterOhio liberal arts college
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
humorist · comic · fiction · short stories · serialized · Saturday Evening Post · prolific · playwright
Cleverly humorous
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- drawing-roomFormal reception room
comedic · lighthearted · wordplay · simile · metaphor · absurdist · breezy · whimsical
West Midlands county
- MayfairUpscale central London district
- LondonEngland's capital city
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- estateProperty and grounds
interwar · gentlemen's club · garden · pig sty · drawing room · library · servants' quarters
One living abroad permanently
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
Jeeves
Byword for butler
P.G.
Film rating for children
novelist · humorist · comic · fiction · short stories · serialized · Saturday Evening Post · prolific · playwright · lyricist
witty
Cleverly humorous
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
drawing-room · comedic · lighthearted · wordplay · simile · metaphor · absurdist · breezy · whimsical · misunderstandings
Shropshire
West Midlands county
- MayfairUpscale central London district
- LondonEngland's capital city
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
estate · interwar · gentlemen's club · garden · pig sty · drawing room · library · servants' quarters
expatriate
One living abroad permanently
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
controversy · Long Island · Southampton · tax exile · rehabilitation
- British comedyMonty Python, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Mr. Bean, The Office
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Tolkien, Rowling
WodehouseDostoevsky
19th-century Russian author
Kafka · Cormac McCarthy · Thomas Hardy · Samuel Beckett · Sylvia Plath
WodehouseGeorge Orwell
John Steinbeck · Émile Zola · Charles Dickens · D.H. Lawrence · Upton Sinclair
WodehouseThomas Hardy
Victorian novelist and poet
Cormac McCarthy · naturalism · noir fiction · grimdark · cosmic horror