The Luck Stone (The Collector's Wodehouse)

This is a very early Wodehouse book, one of the first in his long career. The Luck Stone holds up pretty well despite its age. It's a typical adventure Boy's Story type of the early 1900s which could have used a little more of Wodehouse's famous sense of humor. Wodehouse wrote about 100 books or so and this one is worth having on the shelf next to the others.

This is an early offering by P G Wodehouse which was written to be issued in a magazine (aimed at boys) and predictably botkhthe target age group and the episodic nature are clear. However it is Wodehouse and, while these are "new" characters you clearly see some well known types (Uckridge, PSmith, & Mike to name only three. If like me you are a Wodehouse fan, & I suspect you are if you have read this, then the book is well worth the purchase price especially as, to my knowledge, this is the only format in which the text is available.

This novel is one of Plum's early school stories, and is very different from his other novels in that genre, such as "The Gold Bat" and "The Pothunters". It is more a blood and thunder adventure, as the hero of the story attempts to retrieve the Luck Stone after it was taken. The story is sensational, and even contains a car chase resulting in a fatal crash - with the vehicles going at 30mph. Well, it was written in 1908!. If you enjoy the author's school stories you will like this novel, and if your an avid PGW fan you will be pleased that this story is no longer out of print. A ripping read!

Not your usual Wodehouse. This reads like a boys own story. The famous five plus. Full of twists and turns and good characters.. A real page turner and testament to a bygone age at the same time. Splendidly written as usual but "deadly serious" I loved it.

I'm working my way around to getting every Wodehouse in the series, replacing tatty old paperbacks with hardbacks (and filling in the blanks in my collection).The books are a fantastic read, and this edition will please every Wodehouse fan.

yet another masterpiece by my favourite author, an excellent read.