The Swoop! and Other Stories

The Swoop! and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories and a novella by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on April 11, 1979 by The Seabury Press, New York City, four years after Wodehouse's death.

The collection was edited and introduced by Wodehouse's biographer, David A. Jasen, and featured an "appreciation" by Malcolm Muggeridge. The Swoop! (a satirical spoof) was published as a book in the United Kingdom in 1909, and many of the stories had previously appeared in magazines. Two of them also featured in the UK collection Tales of St. Austin's (1903), and four in The Man Upstairs (1914).

Contents

  • 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"
    • UK: The Captain, May 1905
  • "Shields' and the Cricket Cup"
    • UK: The Captain, June 1905
  • "An International Affair"
    • UK: The Captain, September 1905
  • "The Guardian"
  • "Something to Worry About" (appeared in The Man Upstairs)
  • "The Tuppenny Millionaire" (also in The Man Upstairs)
    • UK: Strand, October 1912
  • "Deep Waters" (also in The Man Upstairs)
  • "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat" (also in The Man Upstairs)
    • UK: Strand, January 1912
    • US: Collier's Weekly, 24 September 1924 (as "The Pitcher and the Plutocrat")

See also

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