Mad About Wodehouse (or a Few of Our Favorite Things)

Among the many Favorite Things which we've collected over the years are books. The latest is my developed passion (nay, an addiction) to Wodehouse's novels -- the Jeeves series topping the list . Far and away, my favorite is "Right Ho, Jeeves", as pictured below ...

...which was adapted for the Fry and Laurie version of "Jeeves and Wooster". The addiction to Wodehouse resulted in a substantial Ebay purchase of 30 (yes, count 'em, 30) Wodehouse novels in a sizeable lot, complete with several Jeeves as well as the "Blandings" series and a couple of his best stand-alone works. Reissued dozens of times, the pictures and names vary from America to Britain, but Wodehouse's humor is equally funny on either side of the ocean.

The miniseries version is perfect adaptation for Masterpiece Theater fans (with a dash of Monty Python-worthy silliness thrown in). Check out the prices and volumes available on Amazon or Ebay for a bargain on Wodehouse's British masterpieces on page and screen.

Two-Faced Dorian Gray

Batman's nemesis and Jekyll and Hyde weren't the only two-faced villains in literature...

Say hello to Oscar Wilde's infamous creation ... and the beast within him. Just click the Cheshire Cat link to the right to see more of him on Ebay.

Mummy and Child

"Mummy dearest" cradles her baby ...

... all swaddled in ancient Egypt's bandages ...

... after all, it gets a little cold haunting those mouldering old tombs beneath the sand.

These two are currently haunting Ebay -- check out the Cheshire Cat link to see more.

The Turn of the Screw (Times Two)

Oh, dear, can it be?

That these children you see --

-- are just ghosts in the shape of a child?

Perhaps this young governess has been reading too many gothic novels ... or are their innocent little faces a tad too pale? Only Henry James knows for sure ...

Click the Cheshire Cat link on the right to see the Governess and her Ghostly Charges on Ebay!