A Mulliner collection In the Angler's Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse's greatest raconteurs. Mr Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his far-flung family: in particular there's Wilfred, inventor of Raven Gypsy face-cream and Snow of the Mountain Lotion, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance. Its explosive effects on a shy young curate and then the higher clergy is gravely revealed. Then there's his cousin James, the detective-story writer, who has inherited a cottage more haunted than anything in his own imagination. And Isadore Zinzinheimer, head of the Bigger, Better & Brighter Motion Picture Company. Tall tales all - but among Wodehouse's best.
Meneer Mulliner Reeks
Duik in een wereld van eigenzinnige humor en heerlijke absurditeit, waar elk verhaal de buitengewone belevenissen van een excentrieke, ver verspreide familie onthult. De centrale verteller, een meesterverteller, spint verhalen die worden gevoed door verbeelding en scherpe humor, met geestige observaties over menselijke dwaasheid en onverwachte wendingen van het lot. Deze verhalen vieren inventieve personages, onwaarschijnlijke scenario's en het pure plezier van een goed vertelde anekdote. Perfect voor lezers die op zoek zijn naar luchtige, verfijnde en oneindig vermakelijke verhalen.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
Mr Mulliner speaking
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In the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Throughout, the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outlandish situations.
Mulliner Nights
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Mr. Mulliner is the genial Scheherazade of the Anglers' Rest, a bucolic English pub. Each evening, sipping his Scotch and lemon, Mr. Mulliner tells of an adventure that once befell a nephew, a cousin's son, or some other un-stuffy younger relative. Mr. Mulliner's narratives showcase Wodehouse's particular genius for fetching whimsy and eccentric shenanigans.