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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
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- Subject: Wodehouse at bedtime
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:58:58 GMT
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- A chapter or two of Wodehouse is my favorite bedtime ritual. His little
- world is so idyllic, so absurd, so devoid of reality, and so much fun that
- I find it most calming and the perfect way to end the day.
- Sort of the literary equivalent of a warm glass of milk. I
- also enjoy him on train or plane trips. Easy to pick up, easy to put
- down, always entertaining.
-
- As to plots, they all run together for me. Sometimes, I noticed, he
- actually repeated himself, particularly toward the end of his life. Same
- wordings, even.
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- Here's an ignorant question: Why do they call him "Plum"? And what does
- P.G. actually stand for?
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- The trick of reason is to get the imagination to seize the actual world --
- if only from time to time. -- Annie Dillard, "An American Childhood"
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- Lauren Crawford // crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu
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