Meet Mr Mulliner
short story by P. G. Wodehouse
Meet Mr. Mulliner is a collection of short stories by the English writer and humorist P. G. Wodehouse. First published in the United Kingdom on 27 September 1927 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on 2 March 1928 by Doubleday, Doran. The short stories were originally published in magazines, mainly The Strand Magazine in the UK and Liberty in the US.
The collection introduces the irrepressible pub raconteur Mr. Mulliner, who narrates all nine of the book's stories. The last story, "Honeysuckle Cottage", was not originally a Mr. Mulliner story; it was given a Mulliner frame for the book, and is the only one of the stories which is not explicitly narrated from the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest public house.
Contents
"The Truth about George"
UK: Strand, July 1926
US: Liberty, 3 July 1926
See "The Truth about George".
"A Slice of Life"
UK: Strand, August 1926
US: Liberty, 7 August 1926
See "A Slice of Life".
"Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo"
US: Liberty, 4 September 1926
UK: Strand, November 1926
See "Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo".
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