From Mulliner to Moriarty and from Blandings to Baker Street
From Mulliner to Moriarty and from Blandings to Baker Street
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A love of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes perfectly complements the hilarious escapades of P.G. Wodehouse. And why not? Wodehouse frequently quoted Holmes and Watson in his stories. Conan Doyle and Wodehouse were fellow authors and teammates, and it’s fun to compare Holmes’s deductive reasoning with Jeeves's ability to rescue Bertie Wooster and his friends. We explore these connections, share our favorite moments, and introduce new fans to the enduring charm of both authors.
As it turns out, laughter, deduction, and literary mischief go hand-in-hand. If you love both the wit of Wodehouse and the adventures of Holmes, we are the group for you.
Adrian Who?
Adrian Who?
As far as we can tell, P.G. Wodehouse wrote three stories featuring a detective as the protagonist. The most well known is Adrian Mulliner, who featured in the short story "The Smile That Wins," first published in the United States in the October 1931 issue of The American Magazine. It was subsequently published in the United Kingdom in the February 1932 issue of The Strand Magazine, and collected in Mulliner Nights in 1933. Our group was founded in 1993 in honor of that story.
What's the story all about? We're not going to tell you. Why spoil your fun when you read it for the first time?
Wodehouse's other detective characters are less well known. The detective Henry Pifield Rice appears in "Bill the Bloodhound," published in the February 1915 issue of The Century Magazine and subsequently published in the April 1915 issue of The Strand Magazine. The story was set in the US for its appearance in The Century, and in the UK for The Strand. "Bill the Bloodhound" features the detective Henry Pifield Rice.
There is also Mr. Denman Sturgis, the eminent private investigator, who appears in "Rallying Around Old George," found in Leave It to Jeeves from 1919.
What do Rice and Sturgis get up to by way of detecting? See above, sorry. Let's just say that Adrian is more of a hero, at least to us.
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