P.G. Wodehouse. On the Benefits of Optimism
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The first Russian biography of the author of Jivs and Wuster /> Alexander Livergant - literary critic, translator, editor -in -chief of the magazine Foreign Literature, professor of the Russian State University. The author of the biographies of Redyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Oscar Wilde, Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Graham Green, Virginia Wolf.
The new book “Pel Grenville Woodhaus. On the benefits of optimism ” - the first portrait of the largest English comedian of the twentieth century in the literary, theater, social and political interior of the era.
“ In September 1915, the Philadelphia magazine “Saturday Evening Post” printed the story “The Revenue of the Young Gassy” who would not have anything special, if not for two short, minor remarks. At first, a middle -aged already, the recently hired, the butler tells his master: “Mrs. Gregson, sir wants to see you.” And then, when the owner - a young pavement - informs the butler that they go to America, takes, as a butler, and supposed to be under the visor: “Very good, sir. What costume will you wear? ”
Who could have foreseen that these passing remarks will enter the annals of English literature? Meanwhile, this is exactly what happened, because they marked the birth of a famous couple: Jivsa and Bertie Wuster.
“Now that I wrote so much about him,” Woodhaus will note half a century later, “it seems funny and imperceptibly Jeeves entered my life ... I blush from the thought that during our first meeting I treated him so unceremoniously. ”
The new book “Pel Grenville Woodhaus. On the benefits of optimism ” - the first portrait of the largest English comedian of the twentieth century in the literary, theater, social and political interior of the era.
“ In September 1915, the Philadelphia magazine “Saturday Evening Post” printed the story “The Revenue of the Young Gassy” who would not have anything special, if not for two short, minor remarks. At first, a middle -aged already, the recently hired, the butler tells his master: “Mrs. Gregson, sir wants to see you.” And then, when the owner - a young pavement - informs the butler that they go to America, takes, as a butler, and supposed to be under the visor: “Very good, sir. What costume will you wear? ”
Who could have foreseen that these passing remarks will enter the annals of English literature? Meanwhile, this is exactly what happened, because they marked the birth of a famous couple: Jivsa and Bertie Wuster.
“Now that I wrote so much about him,” Woodhaus will note half a century later, “it seems funny and imperceptibly Jeeves entered my life ... I blush from the thought that during our first meeting I treated him so unceremoniously. ”
Author:
Author:Livergant A.Ya .
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-127515-0
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