Money in the Bank (novel)
Encyclopedia
Money in the Bank is a novel
by P. G. Wodehouse
, first published in the United States
on 19 January 1942 by Doubleday, Doran, New York
, and in the United Kingdom
on 27 May 1946 by Herbert Jenkins
, London
. The UK publication was delayed while Wodehouse was under suspicion of collaboration during World War II
.
The story also features the crooks Alexander "Chimp" Twist and "Dolly" and "Soapy" Molloy, who had earlier appeared in Sam the Sudden
(1925) and Money for Nothing
(1928).
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
, first published in the United States
United States
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on 19 January 1942 by Doubleday, Doran, New York
New York
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, and in the United Kingdom
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on 27 May 1946 by Herbert Jenkins
Barrie & Jenkins
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, London
London
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. The UK publication was delayed while Wodehouse was under suspicion of collaboration during World War II
World War II
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.
Plot introduction
George, 6th Viscount Uffenham, a typically impecunious and absent-minded Wodehousian aristocrat, mislays his Aunt's fortune in diamonds, and is forced to let his family pile, returning there disguised as a butler named Cakebread to seek the gems.The story also features the crooks Alexander "Chimp" Twist and "Dolly" and "Soapy" Molloy, who had earlier appeared in Sam the Sudden
Sam the Sudden
Sam the Sudden is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 15 October 1925 by Methuen, London, and in the United States on 6 November 1925 by George H. Doran, New York, under the title Sam in the Suburbs...
(1925) and Money for Nothing
Money For Nothing (novel)
Money for Nothing is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 27 July 1928 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 28 September 1928 by Doubleday, Doran, New York...
(1928).
External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters