A Man of Means
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A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories first appeared in the United Kingdom in the Strand in 1914, and in the United States in Pictorial Review in 1916. They were later published in book form in the UK by Porpoise Books in 1991; the collection was released on Project Gutenberg in 2003.
The stories all star Roland Bleke, a young man for whom financial success is always a mixed blessing. The plots follow on from each other, sometimes directly, and occasionally refer back to past events in Bleke's meteoric career.
[edit] Contents
- "The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter" ("The Landlady's Daughter")
- "The Episode of the Financial Napoleon" ("The Bolt from the Blue")
- "The Episode of the Theatrical Venture"
- "The Episode of the Live Weekly"
- "The Episode of the Exiled Monarch" ("The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch")
- "The Episode of the Hired Past"
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[edit] External links
- An alphabetical list of Wodehouse's shorts, with details of first publication and appearances in collections
- Free eBook of A Man of Means at Project Gutenberg
