For most of his 93 years, PG Wodehouse, the “performing flea” of English literature, was also an elephant of productivity. Devoted American pilgrims move Jeeves, Bertie Wooster and Blandings Castle to Seattle Read moreSir Edward Cazalet, the principal trustee of the writer’s estate, told the Observer he was “delighted” that the British Library would now provide the home for the PG Wodehouse archive. First, Wodehouse is an English literary immortal, with a God-given ear for the music of an English sentence. The British Library’s acquisition of his archive marks a milestone in the Wodehouse drama. For a writer, steeped in the English literary tradition, from Shakespeare to Gilbert & Sullivan, this move to the national library could scarcely be a sweeter kind of posthumous redemption.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2016 00:00 UTC