Uneasy Money

by P.G. Wodehouse

Book Overview

P.G. Wodehouse's classic tale of William "Bill" FitzWilliam Delamere Chalmers, Lord Dawlish, an amiable fellow who loves golf but is hard up for money until he inherits millions from a one-time... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140012737
• ISBN13: 9780140012736
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Good early vintage Wodehouse

This is the second novel Sir Pelham wrote while he was married, and the second he sold (for a lot of not-so-easy money) to the Saturday Evening Post. It shows his mature craftsmanship, and perhaps even the good effects his marriage had on him, though I won't try to psychoanalyze his intriguing statements here on love and marriage.

Easy Reading

This book was first published in the U.S. on March 17, 1916 by D. Appleton and Company, and then in the U.K. on October 4, 1917 by Methuen & Co., so it is a fairly early Wodehouse story. Although this is better than most of his early stories, it is not as good as some of his writing that would come later. Those who know Wodehouse will find themselves in familiar territory. The main character of this story is Lord Dawlish, who has a title but not much money, a fact of which his fiancée, Claire Fenwick, reminds him repeatedly. He suddenly finds that he has been left a fortune by a man he hardly knew, and being the honorable man he is he feels he needs to restore at least some of this money to its rightful heirs. This takes him to America, where Claire also finds herself when a friend of hers writes her asking to visit. To attempt to cover a Wodehouse plot completely would take much too long and I could never do it justice. As one would expect there are several interesting characters, and lots of plot twists. In the end, as with all of his stories, love wins out, and the reader enjoys the ride all the way. This edition is another in "The Collector's Wodehouse" series being published by The Overlook Press in the U.S. (in the U.K. it is "The Everyman's Wodehouse" series being published by Everyman's Library).

Ailing? Try some Wodehouse medicine!

I do not regret having read all of the Wodehouse books written before this one, but I have to express my delight at finally starting to get to the books that made Wodehouse's reputation. This particular one isn't tied to any of his serieses, but shares a lot with both the Blandings castle and Bertie & Jeeves books. First off, there's Lord Dawlish, the sort of chap who is just a little too nice for his own good, the kind who always gets nipped by one and all for a fiver here or a ten-spot there. Then there's his fiancee, who's obsessed on the money deal; an eccentric wealthy old man; a couple of Americans; and a nightclub-singing Lady (as in Lord and Lady). There's money, and the lack of it, that seems to be a separate character content to flirt with all the rest of the cast. A little plot line regarding golf, keeping bees, transatlantic trips, people who may or may not be who they are, a will that may or may not be the operative one, people mistaken for themselves and others, and true love. My god, the formula is so easy, yet as any one knows who has tried a hand at this stuff, just because you've got the recipe, it doesn't mean your souffle rises in the same way.This is a good one to recommend to people who have never read Wodehouse before, because it is compact and self-contained. It's been said that laughter is the best medicine--if so, then Wodehouse is a wonder drug.

Not one of the Master's best,

A pleasant enough read, but falls far short of most of the other Wodehouse that I have read. A person reading only this work would have no idea that Wodehouse is probably the greatest writer in the history of the English language except perhaps for that Bard guy from back when.

A delightful piece of work..

For Lord Dawlish, an unexpected inheritance comes along at a perfect time for marrying the girl he loves.. little does he know that it would lead to a breathtaking comedy spanning the Atlantic. A masterpiece which could only have belonged to Wodehouse's world.