Meet Mr Mulliner

In these delightfully tangled Wodehouse tales, love, manners, and sheer terror collide with immaculate comic timing. Mr. Mulliner's nephew George, a shy country bachelor crippled by a stammer, falls for Susan Blake, the vicar's daughter, and consults an eccentric London specialist whose cure is as improbable as it is practical: sing instead of speak, and force himself to talk to strangers. George's attempts at social courage lead him from a bizarre encounter with a self-proclaimed Emperor of Abyssinia to a terrified fellow passenger, a disastrous invitation to tea delivered in song, an exploding thermos, and a countryside panic that leaves him fleeing for his life before romance is finally rescued by Susan's sympathy. Meanwhile, Lancelot Mulliner pursues a mysterious nightclub beauty through London's dance halls, proposes on the spot, and resolves to win her by making himself useful in business. His plan to write advertising verse for his uncle's pickle firm produces a glorious clash between high-flown poetry and commercial reality, while a visit to Lord Biddlecombe's household adds more confusion, class satire, and romantic brinkmanship. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.