Hailed as one of the funniest writers of the 20th century, P. G. Wodehouse cheerfully radiates humor that is both sophisticated and popular. In Bill the Conqueror, Wodehouse creates an array of entertaining characters who gallop around England and America in quest of love and money. Our far-from-perfect hero Bill is a dissipated American former football player and man of action, who tangles with odious relatives, bumbling gangsters, suave white-collar crooks, and even his exasperating but well-meaning friend Judson, as he seeks to become worthy of the woman of his dreams, whichever one she might be. As you might expect, the course of true love never did run smooth.
( Carol Pelster)
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Genres for the project: General Fiction; General Fiction/Published 1900 onward; Humorous Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: romantic comedy, english humor, comedic complications, the course of true love never did run smooth.
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Whoever told you that you would like P.G.Wodehouse is giving you a compliment. It shows that you have a good sense of humor . Thanks for offering to sign up to listen. So glad to have you.
Carol
I just put up Chapter 1. It's pretty long, 45 minutes. Chapter 2 is even longer, so I am going to divide it. I think most of the rest of the book has shorter chapters.
Carol
carolpelster wrote: ↑March 23rd, 2020, 12:08 pm
I just put up Chapter 1. It's pretty long, 45 minutes. Chapter 2 is even longer, so I am going to divide it. I think most of the rest of the book has shorter chapters.
Carol
Sounds good, I'll give it a listen when I get the chance. I get the feeling time isn't going to be hard to come by for the next while... Looking forward to the book!
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
I'm not warming to Bill quite as much as the characters in chapter 1, although I did enjoy the end of this section. I only have two notes, both of which are very minor, so I'm not sure whether you want to bother with them.
~0:28 you're missing the ‘of’ in ‘hordes of people's’
~3:00 small stumble on honest
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
Thanks ever so, for finding the mistakes in section 2. I fixed them, but I must say, it is harder than you would think to fix it when you leave out the word "of".
I also added Section 3.
Bill has quite a long way to go to reach the status of a conquering hero.
Thanks ever so, for finding the mistakes in section 2. I fixed them, but I must say, it is harder than you would think to fix it when you leave out the word "of".
I also added Section 3.
Bill has quite a long way to go to reach the status of a conquering hero.
Thanks again for finding my mistakes. I would hate to have them get missed, and afflict the poor listeners with them.
I fixed Section 3 and added Section 4.
