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Something New: A Classic Comedy of Intrigue and Mistaken Identity
Paperback
HumorMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604597929
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Sep 22 2009
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A comic novel of imposture, pursuit, and social maneuvering set within a country house environment. In Something New, P. G. Wodehouse develops a narrative structured around hidden identities, competing interests, and the controlled chaos of overlapping schemes.
The story proceeds through a sequence of reversals and misdirections, with characters adopting roles that complicate their intentions and relationships. Wodehouse's method relies on timing, precision, and the interplay between dialogue and situation, allowing humour to emerge from structure rather than exaggeration. The setting provides a contained framework in which movement and misunderstanding can be sustained without loss of coherence.
As one of Wodehouse's early novels, Something New introduces elements that would become characteristic of his later work, including the use of ensemble casts, intricate plotting, and a sustained comic tone. It remains of interest to readers of English comic fiction and the development of twentieth-century humorous narrative.
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