Art Deco header reading the mot juste: the writing of P.G. Wodehouse

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"And the next moment I saw what Jeeves had meant when he had described him as laughing heartily. "Heartily" was absolutely the mot juste. It sounded like a gas explosion."

-P.G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves

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The Man Himself

The Era

While Wodehouse’s books are not set in any clearly defined time period, they are largely associated with the 1920s. Below is a collection of links related to the 1920s in England and America, where most of Wodehouse’s novels were set.

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Page created by Erinn Fry on April 1, 2016. Last updated April 23, 2016.


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