What P. G. Wodehouse learned from Macbeth

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It would be a joy to read Wodehouse even if his stories didn't have more ingenious poetic allusions than there are stars in the sky. On the latest of our many happy passes through The Code of the Woosters -- perhaps the very best of the Jeeves and Wooster novels -- we started taking inventory.

Wodehouse starts with a taste of Keats on the very first page, as Jeeves tells Bertie Wooster, "There is a fog, sir.

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A wonderful piece from the excellent critic, Emsworth, reblogged with his kind permission.

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  1. Pingback: There is truly nothing wrong with living in a castle – “Damsel in Distress” by P.G. Wodehouse « Reading Through the BS

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