P G Wodehouse shorts

Chronological list of short stories: In chronological order by UK book publication date, even when the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form. (US titles in brackets)

 

Tales of St Austin's 1903 
– "How Pillingshot Scored"
– "The Odd Trick"
– "L'Affaire Uncle John (A Story in Letters)"
– "Harrison's Slight Error"
– "Bradshaw's Little Story"
– "A Shocking Affair"
– "The Babe and the Dragon"
– "The Manoeuvres of Charteris"
– "How Payne Bucked Up"
– "Author!"
– "The Tabby Terror"
– "The Prize Poem"
– "Work"
– "Notes"
– "Now, Talking About Cricket--"
– "The Tom Brown Question"


The Man Upstairs 1914
– "The Man Upstairs"
– "Something to Worry About"
– "Deep Waters"
– "When Doctors Disagree"
– "By Advice of Counsel"
– "Rough-Hew Them How We Will"
– "The Man Who Disliked Cats"
– "Ruth in Exile"
– "Archibald's Benefit"
– "The Man, the Maid and the Miasma"
– "The Good Angel"
– "Pots O' Money"
– "Out of School"
– "Three From Dunsterville"
– "The Tuppenny Millionaire"
– "Ahead of Schedule"
– "Sir Agravaine"
– "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat"
– "In Alcala"

   
The Man With Two Left Feet 1917  
– "Bill the Bloodhound"
– "Extricating Young Gussie"
– "Wilton's Holiday"
– "The Mixer: He Meets a Shy Gentleman"
– "The Mixer: He Moves in Society"
– "Crowned Heads"
– "At Geisenheimer's"
– "The Making of Mac's"
– "One Touch of Nature"
– "Black for Luck"
– "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman"
– "A Sea of Troubles"
– "The Man With Two Left Feet"

 

My Man Jeeves 1919
– "Leave It to Jeeves" ("The Artistic Career of Corky")
– "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" (Jeeves)
– "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" (Jeeves)
– "Absent Treatment" (Reggie Pepper)
– "Helping Freddie" (Reggie Pepper)
– "Rallying Round Old George" (Reggie Pepper)
– "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good" (Reggie Pepper)
– "The Aunt and the Sluggard" (Jeeves)
  

The Clicking of Cuthbert 1922 (Golf Without Tears)
– "The Clicking of Cuthbert"
– "A Woman is only a Woman"
– "A Mixed Threesome"
– "Sundered Hearts"
– "The Salvation of George Mackintosh"
– "Ordeal by Golf"
– "The Long Hole"
– "The Heel of Achilles"
– "The Rough Stuff"
– "The Coming of Gowf"

Ukridge 1924 (He Rather Enjoyed It)
– "Ukridge's Dog College"
– "Ukridge's Accident Syndicate"
– "The Debut of Battling Billson"
– "First Aid for Dora"
– "The Return of Battling Billson"
– "Ukridge Sees Her Through"
– "No Wedding Bells for Him"
– "The Long Arm of Looney Coote"
– "The Exit of Battling Billson"
– "Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner"

Carry On, Jeeves 1925
– "Jeeves Takes Charge"
– "The Artistic Career of Corky"
– "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"
– "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg"
– "The Aunt and the Sluggard"
– "The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy"
– "Without the Option"
– "Fixing It for Freddie"
– "Clustering Round Young Bingo"
– "Bertie Changes His Mind"
 
The Heart of a Goof 1926 (Divots)
– "The Heart of a Goof"
– "High Stakes"
– "Keeping In with Vosper"
– "Chester Forgets Himself"
– "The Magic Plus Fours"
– "The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh"
– "Rodney Fails to Qualify"
– "Jane Gets off the Fairway"
– "The Purification of Rodney Spelvin"

Meet Mr Mulliner 1927
– "The Truth About George"
– "A Slice of Life"
– Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo
– "The Bishop's Move"
– "Came the Dawn"
– "The Story of William"
– "Portrait of a Disciplinarian"
– "The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer"
– "Honeysuckle Cottage"

  
Mr Mulliner Speaking 1929
– "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald"
– "The Man Who Gave Up Smoking"
– "The Story of Cedric"
– "The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner"
– "Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court"
– "Those in Peril on the Tee"
– "Something Squishy"
– "The Awful Gladness of the Mater"
– "The Passing of Ambrose"
  

Very Good, Jeeves 1930  
– "Jeeves and the Impending Doom"
– "The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy"
– "Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit"
– "Jeeves and the Song of Songs"
– "Episode of the Dog McIntosh"
– "The Spot of Art"
– "Jeeves and the Kid Clementina"
– "The Love That Purifies"
– "Jeeves and the Old School Chum"
– "The Indian Summer of an Uncle"
– "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy"


Doctor Sally 1932   (The Medicine Girl)


Mulliner Nights 1933  
– "The Smile that Wins"
– "The Story of Webster"
– "Cats Will be Cats"
– "The Knightly Quest of Mervyn"
– "The Voice from the Past"
– "Open House"
– "Best Seller"
– "Strychnine in the Soup"
– "Gala Night"

Blandings Castle 1935  
– "The Custody of the Pumpkin"
– "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best"
– "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey"
– "Company for Gertrude"
– "The Go-getter"
– "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend"
– "Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure"
– "Monkey Business"
– "The Nodder"
– "The Juice of an Orange"
– "The Rise of Minna Nordstrom"
– "The Castaways"

Young Men in Spats 1936  
– "Fate" (Freddie Widgeon)
– "Tried in the Furnace" (Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps and Pongo Twistleton)
– "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh" (Freddie Widgeon)
– "The Amazing Hat Mystery" (Percy Wimbolt and Nelson Cork)
– "Good-Bye to All Cats" (Freddie Widgeon)
– "The Luck of the Stiffhams" (Stiffy Stiffham)
– "Noblesse Oblige" (Freddie Widgeon)
– "Uncle Fred Flits By" (Pongo Twistleton, Uncle Fred)
– "Archibald and the Masses" (Archibald Mulliner, told by Mr Mulliner)
– "The Code of the Mulliners" (Archibald Mulliner, told by Mr Mulliner)
– "The Fiery Wooing of Mordred" (non-Drone story told by Mr Mulliner)


Lord Emsworth and Others 1937 (Crime Wave at Blandings)
– "The Crime Wave at Blandings" (Blandings Castle)
– "Buried Treasure" (Mr Mulliner)
– "The Letter of the Law" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Farewell to Legs" (Oldest Member golf)
– "There's Always Golf" (Oldest Member golf)
– "The Masked Troubadour" (Drone Freddie Widgeon)
– "Ukridge and the Home from Home" (Ukridge)
– "The Come-back of Battling Billson" (Ukridge)
– "The Level Business Head" (Ukridge)


Eggs, Beans and Crumpets 1940
– "All's Well with Bingo" (Drone Bingo Little)
– "Bingo and the Peke Crisis" (Drone Bingo Little)
– "The Editor Regrets" (Drone Bingo Little)
– "Sonny Boy" (Drone Bingo Little)
– "Anselm Gets His Chance" (Mr Mulliner)
– "Romance at Droitgate Spa"
– "A Bit of Luck for Mabel" (Ukridge)
– "Buttercup Day" (Ukridge)
– "Ukridge and the Old Stepper" (Ukridge)


Nothing Serious 1950
– "The Shadow Passes" (Drones Club: Bingo Little)
– "Bramley Is So Bracing" (Drones Club: Freddie Widgeon)
– "Up from the Depths" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Feet of Clay" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Excelsior" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Rodney Has a Relapse" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Tangled Hearts" (Oldest Member golf)
– "Birth of a Salesman" (Blandings Castle)
– "How's That, Umpire?" (Conky Biddle cricket story)
– "Success Story" (Ukridge)


A Few Quick Ones 1959
– "The Fat of the Land" (Freddie Widgeon)
– "Scratch Man" (Oldest Member golf)
– "The Right Approach" (Mr Mulliner)
– "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" (Jeeves)
– "The Word in Season" (Bingo Little)
– "Big Business" (Mr Mulliner)
– "Leave It to Algy" (Bingo Little)
– "Joy Bells for Walter" (A golf story without the Oldest Member)
– "A Tithe for Charity" (Ukridge)
– "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" (Freddie Widgeon)


Plum Pie 1966
– "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird" (Jeeves)
– "Sleepy Time" (golf story)
– "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" (Blandings Castle)
– "Ukridge Starts a Bank Account" (Ukridge)
– "Bingo Bans the Bomb" (Bingo Little with Freddie Widgeon))
– "Stylish Stouts" (Bingo Little)
– "George and Alfred" (Mr Mulliner)
– "A Good Cigar Is a Smoke"
– "Life with Freddie" (Freddie Threepwood novella)


The Uncollected Wodehouse 1976
– "When Papa Swore in Hindustani"
– "A Corner in Lines"
– "The Autograph Hunters"
– "Tom, Dick and Harry"
– "The Good Angel" (appears in The Man Upstairs collection)
– "The Man Upstairs" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "Misunderstood"
– "Pillingshot, Detective"
– "When Doctors Disagree" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "The Best Sauce"
– "Pots O' Money" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "Ruth in Exile" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "Death at the Excelsior"
– "The Test Case"


Posthumous publications
Many early works were published in book form for the first time after Wodehouse's death; some of these collections are listed here

The Swoop! and Other Stories (1979) (U.S. only)
– The Swoop! (1909)
– "Bradshaw's Little Story" (appeared in Tales of St. Austin's)
– "A Shocking Affair" (also in Tales of St. Austin's)
– "The Politeness of Princes"
– "Shields' and the Cricket Cup"
– "An International Affair"
– "The Guardian"
– "Something to Worry About" (appeared in The Man Upstairs)
– "The Tuppenny Millionaire" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "Deep Waters" (also in The Man Upstairs)
– "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat" (also in The Man Upstairs)

 

The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories (1979)
– "The Eighteen-Carat Kid"
– "The Wire-Pullers" (starring Joan Romney)
– "The Prize Poem" (A school story, which appeared in the UK collection Tales of St. Austin's)
– William Tell Told Again
– "Epilogue"

 

A Man of Means (1991) (UK only) – in collaboration with C. H. Bovill
"The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter" ("The Landlady's Daughter")
"The Episode of the Financial Napoleon" ("The Bolt from the Blue")
"The Episode of the Theatrical Venture"
"The Episode of the Live Weekly"
"The Episode of the Exiled Monarch" ("The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch")
"The Episode of the Hired Past"

 

Plum Stones (1993-1995) (UK only) – Twelve categorized volumes of stories and other writings. Each story stars a different character. One of the stories is a Bobbie Wickham short story called "Dudley Is Back to Normal". Another is "Reggie and the greasy bird"(nothing to do with Jeeves and the greasy bird), a rewrite of "The Masked Troubadour".
 

Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997) (UK only) – Twenty-five early school stories, twelve of them set at Wrykyn

 

Collections from Gutenberg

 

Death At The Excelsior and Other Stories (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) – A compilation of public-domain short stories
– Death At The Excelsior [1914]
– Misunderstood [1910]
– The Best Sauce [1911]
– Jeeves And The Chump Cyril [1918]
– Jeeves In The Springtime [1921]
– Concealed Art [1915]
– The Test Case [1915]


The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) – A compilation of public-domain school stories
– The Politeness Of Princes [1905]
– Shields' And The Cricket Cup [1905]
– An International Affair [1905]
– The Guardian [1908]
– A Corner In Lines [1905]
– The Autograph Hunters [1905]
– Pillingshot, Detective [1910]


A Wodehouse Miscellany (Project Gutenberg eBook, 2003) – A compilation of public-domain articles, short stories and poetry
Articles
– Some Aspects Of Game-Captaincy
– An Unfinished Collection
– The New Advertising
– The Secret Pleasures Of Reginald
– My Battle With Drink
– In Defense Of Astigmatism
– Photographers And Me
– A Plea For Indoor Golf
– The Alarming Spread Of Poetry
– My Life As A Dramatic Critic
– The Agonies Of Writing A Musical Comedy
– On The Writing Of Lyrics
– The Past Theatrical Season
Poems
– Damon And Pythias: A Romance
– The Haunted Tram

Stories
– When Papa Swore In Hindustani [1901]
– Tom, Dick, And Harry [1905]
– Jeeves Takes Charge [1916]
– Disentangling Old Duggie [1912]


Collections from Munsey's 

Multiple Wodehouse I  
The Wire Pullers
The Pro: (A Cricket Story)
The Reformation Of Study Sixteen
Reginald's Record Knock.
A Prisoner Of War
The Spring Suit
Mike's Little Brother 


Plum Punch: Four Short Tales  
Dudley Jones, Bore-Hunter
Misunderstood (A Story Of The Stone Age)
Egbert, Bull-Frog
The Sluggard

Six Short Stories  
Cupid And The Paint-Brush
The Idle King
The Dastardly Behaviour Of Bashmead
All About The Pastime Of Divorce
Aubrey's Arrested Individuality
The Disappearance Of Podmarsh

Four More Short Stories  
Against The Clock: A Cricket Story
The Colour Line (The Golden Flaw)
A Benefit Match
Petticoat Influence: (A Football Story)


Multiple Wodehouse II  
Love Me, Love My Dog
Ladies And Gentlemen V. Players
Keeping It From Harold
A Job Of Work
Jackson's Extra
The Military Invasion Of America
Between The Innings
Creatures Of Impulse
All About The Income Tax
Homoeopathic Treatment: A School Story
The Guardian

The Fifteenth Man: After having courted some village beauty with fair success through the summer, would find themselves completely cut out in the winter by a blade from Chalfont St. Peter's, purely on the strength of the latter's football.

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