The Little Warrior
by PG Wodehouse
fiction
copyright 1920
read in June 2022
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
For serious fans of Wodehouse this book is well worth reading for one strong reason: the style is different.
The story begins with a playwright whose fame is based on light romantic comedies. He tries a more serious play. The audience needs to think, he thinks -- and the play fails.
Wodehouse writes light romantic comedies. In this book there are nasty characters. People live ... what's the line? ... lives of quiet desperation. The "comic uncle" is a liar and a cheat, he causes harm to the delightful heroine. There are characters who are caricatures with less-than-expected redeeming features.
The playwright tries a more serious play and it fails.
Wodehouse is trying for a more serious -- more realistic -- book. Will it fail?
I'll finish this, then see if I can find contemporary views. Did this book also fail?
Definitely not classic Wodehouse.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
==="The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ... Saint Augustine
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