The Man Upstairs and Others

By P.G. Wodehouse

The Man Upstairs is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.K. on January 23, 1914. Including: The Man Upstairs; Something to Worry About; Deep Waters; When Doctors Disagree; By Advice of Council; Rough-Hew Them how we Will; The Man who Disliked Cats; Ruth in Exile; Archibalds Benefit; The Man, the Maid and the Miasma; The good Angle; Pots o Money; Out of School; Three from Dunsterville; The Tuppenny Millionaire; Ahead of Schedule; Sir Agrivaine; The Goal Keeper and the Plutocrat; and The Alcala.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Feb 4, 2013
• ISBN: 9781625582218

P.G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English writer best known for his humorous novels and plays with such memorable characters as, Psmith, Mr. Mulliner, Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves. A prolific writer with some ninety books, forty plays, and two hundred short stories to his credit, he has been described as a “comic poet” with a gift for high farce.

Reviews for The Man Upstairs and Others

[philsyphe · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Most of these 19 short stories feature some classic humour like only P.G. Wodehouse could write. The only weak effort in my view is "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat". Otherwise, this collection is well worth checking out. My two favourite tales were "The Man, the Maid and the Miasma" and the title story.

[lquilter_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a collection of romance stories, obviously comedic in nature -- a useful reminder that the topic is of interest to almost all members of our species. Some of the stories in this collection quite hit the mark; others are a bit less entertaining. "The Man Upstairs", the titular story, reminded me quite a lot of O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi", published in 1905, 5 years before The Man Upstairs -- I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some influence or deliberate response there.I also particularly enjoyed "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat" (1910), and "Ruth in Exile" (1912), for no particular reason, and did not enjoy "The Man Who Disliked Cats" (1912).

[stuart10er_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Early short stories of Wodehouse. All follow the familiar patterns of the later works, but without quite the polish or the consistency. I miss some of the polish, but loved the little experiments he made into other directions that he seems to have eventually given up. The final story is nice in that it doesn't end all nicely tied up at the end - even though there was ample room to allow for that. I don't think any one story stood out, just good solid and enjoyable Wodehouse writing - but not his best - nor would I recommend it as someone's first journey into his writing.