Nothing Serious (short stories)

Nothing Serious is a collection of 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, though many of its stories had previously appeared in British or American magazines.

It is a mixed bag of stories, featuring appearances from several of Wodehouse's recurring characters including the Oldest Member, Freddie Widgeon, Bingo Little, Ukridge and a single Blandings Castle story.

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"The Shadow Passes" (Bingo Little)
"Bramley is so Bracing" (Freddie Widgeon)
- US: Saturday Evening Post, 28 October 1939
- UK: Strand, December 1940
"Up From the Depths" (Oldest Member)
"Feet of Clay" (Oldest Member)
- US: This Week, 18 June 1950 (as "A Slightly Broken Romance")
"Excelsior" (Oldest Member)
- UK: Argosy, 1 January 1948 (as "The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge")
"Rodney Has a Relapse" (Oldest Member)
- Canada: National Home Monthly, February 1949 (as "Rupert Has a Relapse")
"Tangled Hearts" (Oldest Member)
- 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)
"Success Story" (Ukridge)
- US: Argosy, 1 March 1947 (as "Ukie Invests in Human Nature")

Midkiff, Neil. The Wodehouse short stories. "Neil Midkiff's P. G. Wodehouse pages". Retrieved on April 24, 2006.

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
An alphabetical list of Wodehouse's shorts, with details of first publication and appearances in collections