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Books in the British genre:

The Mating Season (2001)

Bertie Wooster is again in peril of La Bassett when her engagament to Gussie Fink-Nottle starts to totter. Throw in a gang of the wrong sort of Aunts and only Jeeves could save the young master. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Sandmare (2001)

Polly and her father draw a horse on the beach, and it comes to life and gallops to the stars.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Ted Dewan

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (2001)

In his second adventure Dr. Dolittle sails to the south seas and meets the great glass snail. This was the second book to be awarded the Newbery Medal. In this special edition, some infelicitous language has been revised for modern readers. Read onli... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Wisdom of Narnia (2001)

A collection of excerpts from the chronicles of Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Blandings Castle (2002)

A collection of a dozen short stories about Lord Emsworth and his Blandings estate.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Clicking of Cuthbert (2002)

A collection of golf stories narrated by the Oldest Member.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Curious Cat (2002)

Many curious facts about cats selected from The Necessary Cat.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Heavy Weather (2002)

A sequel to Summer Lightning, Gally’s memoirs and the Empress are both in danger of theft by scheming visitors to Blandings Castle.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Jeeves in the Offing (2002)

Bertie reads the engagement announcements in the Times and discovers to his horror that he is once again engaged to Bobbie Wickham. There are wheels within wheels of course and to cap it all Jeeves is off on his annual vacation so Bertie must struggl... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Joy in the Morning (2002)

Bertie Wooster is in the thick of it, fending off Florence Cray, shepherding an American millionaire, dodging PC Stilton Cheewright, burned out of his cottage by Edwin the Boy Scout, but with the help of Jeeves he wins through and ‘Joy Cometh i... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Lord Emsworth and Others (2002)

Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Luck of the Bodkins (2002)

Monty Bodkin bought the Mickey Mouse doll with the removable head for his fiancee Gertrude Butterwick, but his brother’s boss, head of Superba-Llewellyn Motion Pictures has a more urgent need for it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Meet Mr. Mulliner (2002)

Nine short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner, he of the many nephews. These originally appeared in The Strand and Liberty magazines.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Wives and Daughters (2002)

The story of Molly Gibson, her father, her stepmother and her lover.

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): Alexy Pendle

Young Men in Spats (2002)

Eleven short stories, including ‘Uncle Fred Flits By’ where we first meet the irrepressible Earl of Ickenham.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Carry On, Jeeves! (2003)

A collection of short stories about Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s personal gentleman Jeeves.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

A Damsel in Distress (2003)

When American composer George Bevan falls in love with a young English woman who takes refuge in his taxi, he loses no time in tracking her to her ancestral home. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

A Gentleman of Leisure (2003)

A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true lo... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Leave it to Psmith (2003)

Psmith leaves his teaching job and goes to Blandings Castle disguised as a Canadian minor poet to help Mike Jackson by stealing Lady Constance’s diamond necklace, and steals himself a wife. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Mulliner Nights (2003)

A collection of short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner. Wodehouse seems to have been thinking much on the comedic possibilities of the higher clergy at this time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

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