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ISBN 10: 1841591289 ISBN 13: 9781841591285

Casa editrice: Everyman, 2025

Riassunto

Quando la ricca e autoritaria vedova americana Beatrice Chavender mangia una forchettata di prosciutto di qualità scadente nella casa di campagna della sorella vicino a Londra, la vita di tutti coloro che la circondano ne risente: la sorella, il cognato, il maggiordomo della sorella, la parente povera della sorella Sally, il fidanzato di Sally, Lord Holberton, e, soprattutto, l'ex fidanzato della signora Chavender, "il re del prosciutto" JB Duff, il cui prodotto andato a male le rovina la colazione.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as ‘Plum’) wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler’s Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine’s Day.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Everyman
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1841591289
• ISBN 13: 9781841591285
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile