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- From: kannan@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Kannan Subramanian)
- Subject: Re: Pitchfork?
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:52:37 GMT
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- In article <C1A3KJ.EH7@news.iastate.edu>,
- sachin@iastate.edu (Sachin S Sapatnekar) writes:
-
- |> Also:
- |> 1. Here's another question:
- |> Psmith's first name = ?
- |> (There are two names that have been used, I think. Unfortunately,
- |> I only remember one, and think I know the other)
-
- Psmith Rupert Eustace Ronald. This, curiously, was a mix-up which was hoped
- would not be discovered. In Wodehouse's own words,
-
- "Psmith. I remember what happened there. I called Baxter in Chapter 1 Rupert
- Baxter [Leave it to Psmith] and when I got to that scene where Psmith tells Eve
- his name I felt it was a question of either going right back through the book
- and changing Baxter's name - which I didn't want to do, as Rupert Baxter seemed
- so right - or assuming that nobody would remember 'Mike' [the earlier book in
- which Psmith makes his debut] and giving Psmith another name. I think Rupert
- Eustace Ronald Psmith would be okay!"
-
- |> 2. Is there anyone around who agrees that Blandings and Psmith and
- |> many of PGW's other works are far better than the Bertie Wooster stories?
- |> (Probably not!)
-
- Matter of taste, really. One man's food often turns out to be another man's
- broccoli.
-
- -kannan
-