‘The two twin souls gazed into each other’s eyes. There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.’
P.G. Wodehouse – ‘Strychnine In The Soup’
To celebrate World Book Day, I’ve put together a little reading list of some of the books featured in Wodehouse’s writing.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
‘… I’m in the middle of a rather special book. Ever read Great Expectations? Dickens, you know.’
‘I know. Haven’t read it, though. Always rather funk starting on a classic, somehow. Good?’
‘My dear chap! Good’s not the word.’
The Pothunters (1902)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
‘Mr. Downing had read all the Holmes stories with great attention, and had thought many times what an incompetent ass Doctor Watson was; but, now that he had started to handle his own first case, he was compelled to admit that…
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