Ian is joined by storyteller Matthew Bellwood to discuss Mike and Psmith, the second half of the double novel Mike, published in 1909. This is the debut of the beloved character Psmith, and the final public school novel by Wodehouse published in his lifetime.
There will be spoilers. May contain knuts.
Mike and Psmith at Project Gutenberg
The Lost Lambs (magazine version) at Madame Eulalie
Other Wodehouse works referenced:
Mike at Wrykyn
Psmith in the City
Psmith, Journalist
Leave it to Psmith
Something New
Joy in the Morning (Preface)
The Globe By The Way Book
\"The Reformation of Study Sixteen\"
\"Society Gossip\"
Also referenced:
Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work To The End
Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook
Doris Buckler, \"Thanks to Psmith\"
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rupert D'Oyly-Carte (the inspiration for Psmith)
Sir Kreemy Knut (Sharp's Toffee mascot)
E C Segar, Thimble Theater
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sherlock Holmes stories
F Anstey, Babboo Jabberjee
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Rudyard Kipling, Stalky and Co
E W Hornung, the Raffles stories
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, the Captain Kettle stories
Arthur Ransome
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