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Harpies and Half-Portions |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: James W. Muller |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1999 |
| Size: 5,339 Words, 35,950 Characters |
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"You know, the more I see of women, the more I think that there ought to be a law. Something has got to be done about this sex, or the whole fabric of society will collapse, and then what silly asses we shall all look." ----Bertie Wooster vbcrlf FOOTNOTE: 1vbcrlf I must admit to having an ulterior motive: I have never read a P.G. Wodehouse book I didn't like. Even the school stories from his juvenilia have some of the same moves as the genuine article. No doubt the secondary literature has been kept small by the fact that writing about Wodehouse can't match the delight of reading him. It's a curious thing to read Wodehouse as a judge, because he distracts you with a laugh whenever you migh...
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...nbsp; FOOTNOTE: 43.Aristotle, Politics, book 3, 1277b17--25; cf. book 1, 1259b18--1260b24.vbcrlf FOOTNOTE: 44.Money in the Bank, 25.vbcrlf FOOTNOTE: 45.In a BBC broadcast, quoted on the back covers of Bachelors Anonymous and many other Wodehouse books published by Penguin. vbcrlf
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