Facts about P.G. Wodehouse

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   The author's distinctive narrative voice emerged from his journalism work at the Globe newspaper in London between 1902 and 1909, shaping his comedic style.

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   Wodehouse's first published work was a collection of school stories called The Pothunters, released in 1902 when he was just 20 years old.

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   At age 93, P.G. Wodehouse completed his final novel, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, in 1974, just months before his death in February 1975.

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   Penguin Books published Wodehouse's first collected edition in 1938, making his works among the earliest literary paperbacks to reach mass audiences in Britain.

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   Blandings Castle, Wodehouse's fictional country estate, appeared in 18 novels and 40 short stories spanning from 1915 to 1968.

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   Wodehouse moved to America in 1909 and spent much of his later life in New York, eventually becoming a U.S. citizen in 1955 at the age of 73.

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   Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories were adapted into a 1990s television series starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry that introduced the characters to millions of new readers decades after the author's 1975 death.

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   Throughout his career, P.G. Wodehouse wrote lyrics and scripts for Broadway musicals, collaborating with composer Jerome Kern on multiple productions during the 1910s and 1920s.

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   Wodehouse created approximately 300 short stories and 73 novels across his 93-year lifespan, featuring recurring character Jeeves in over 50 works.

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    Over 90 million copies of P.G. Wodehouse's books have been sold worldwide, making him one of the most commercially successful authors of the twentieth century.

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    In 1961, P.G. Wodehouse was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire at age 79, nearly two decades after his wartime internment had damaged his reputation.

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    During World War II, P.G. Wodehouse was interned in occupied France and Germany for nearly two years starting in 1940.

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