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Mr. Mulliner Speaking
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First published in UK: April 30 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, London
First published in US: February 21 1930 by Doubleday Doran, Garden City, New York

Russian translation

The second of three collections of P.G. Wodehouse stories in which Mr Mulliner, of the Angler's Rest, tells the tallest of tales - always, by chance, having the appropriate anecdote for any number of subjects.

The Reverent Wooing of Archibald
The Man Who Gave Up Smoking
The Story of Cedric
The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner
Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court
Those in Peril on the Tee
Something Squishy
The Awful Gladness of the Mater
The Passing of Ambrose
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The Reverent Wooing of Archibald
1928-08 Strand (UK)
1928-09 Cosmopolitan (US)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner's Drinking Companions: Gin-and-Ginger-Ale, Draught Stout, Small Bass, and the Double Whisky-and-Splash
Mr. Mulliner — Drinks hot Scotch and lemon
Archibald Mulliner — Intelligent and wealthy nephew who loves Aurelia. Does a wonderful imitation of a hen laying an egg. Member of the Drones Club.
Aurelia Cammarleigh — Superbly handsome tall girl who gives a haughty impression but is really one of the girls
Meadowes — Archie's valet
Algy Wymondham-Wymondham — Member of the Drones Club
Lysander — Aurelia's bulldog who snores

The Man Who Gave Up Smoking
1929-03 Strand (UK)
1929-03-23 Liberty (US)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner's Drinking Companions: Lemon Squash, and Tankard-of-Ale
Mr. Mulliner
Ignatius Mulliner — Nephew who plays the ukulele and paints portraits. Gives up smoking to please Hernrione whom he loves
Hermione Rossiter — Beautiful daughter of Herbert who wants to be loved for her brains
Cyprian Rossiter — Hermione's tall, thin brother who writes art criticism
George Rossiter — Stout, pink brother who is a loafer and sponger.

The Story of Cedric
1929-05 Strand (UK)
1929-05-11 Liberty (US)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner
Miss Postlethwaite — Barmaid who broke her engagement to Alfred Lukyn for wearing yellow shoes
Cedric Mulliner — Cousin who is a neat, prim, fussy and fat 45 year old snob
Myrtle Watling — Calm, strong secretary to Cedric. Lives in Valley Fields and loves him.
Lady Chloe Downblotton — Engaged to Claude and daughter of the 7th Earl of Choole
Claude — Artist engaged to Lady Chloe who wore yellow shoes with dress clothes and borrowed Cedric's correct shoes, leaving Cedric with his
Mortal Error — Myrtle's cat

The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner
1928-11-24 Liberty (US)
1928-12 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner
Miss Postlethwaite
Osbert Mulliner — Rich nephew who collects jade. Loves Mabel.
Mabel Petherick-Soames — Loves Osbert
J. Bashford Braddock — Mabel's cousin and explorer who loves her
Parker — Osbert's valet
Major-General Sir Masterman Petherick-Soames — Mabel's uncle
Ernest and Harold — Burglars in Osbert's house

Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court
1929-02 Strand (UK)
1929-02-02 Liberty (US)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner
Charlotte Mulliner — Niece who is a poet and writes "Vignettes in Verse." Loves Aubrey.
Aubrey Bassinger — Loves Charlotte and writes "Pastels in Prose" under the name of Trefusis
Colonel Sir Francis Pashley-Drake — Big game hunter who is Aubrey's uncle
Sir Alexander Bassinger — Aubrey's father, a sportsman
Reginald Bassinger — Aubrey's older brother
Wilfred Bassinger — Aubrey's younger brother

Those in Peril on the Tee
1927-05-21 Liberty (US)
1927-06 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

  • Stavka - lyubov' by Μ.Volosov: 1928
  • Tyazhkie stradaniya na pole dlya gol'fa by I.Gurova: 2001, 2003, 2003, 2007, 2007, 2007
  • O plavayushchikh, puteshestvuyushchikh, gol'firuyushchikh, plenyonnykh... by N.Trauberg: 2008

Characters

Mr. Mulliner — Narrates this golf story. Should properly belong to the Oldest Member who tells other stories regarding Agnes Flack and Sidney McMurdo.
Miss Postlethwaite
Agnes Flack — Daughter of a distant cousin. Amazon and golf champion.
Sidney McMurdo — Beefy dumb golfer who becomes engaged to Agnes
Frederick Pilcher — Artist who loves Agnes
John Gooch — Writer of detective stories who loves Agnes

Something Squishy
1924-12-20 Saturday Evening Post (US)
1925-01 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner
Lady Wickham — Cousin who writes novels
Roberta Wickham — Lady Wickham's beautiful daughter who plays practical jokes. Red-head.
Mild-and-Bitter — Mr. Mulliner's companion
Roland Moresby Attwater — Essayist and literary critic who loves Bobbie and gets engaged to Lucy
Lucy Moresby — Sir Joseph's adopted daughter who loves Roland
Sir Joseph Moresby — Roland's uncle who is a metropolitan magistrate
vγσρε — Roland's valet
Sidney — Roland's sanke
Sir Claude Lynn — House guest at Skeldings who proposed to Roberta
Simmons — Lady Wickham's butler

The Awful Gladness of the Mater
1925-03-14 Saturday Evening Post (US)
1925-05 Strand (UK)

Russian translations

Characters

Mr. Mulliner
Dudley Finch — Roland's cousin who loves Roberta
Roberta Wickham — Redheaded daughter of Mr. Mulliner's cousin
Sampson Broadhurst — Dudley's Australian godfather who offered to teach Dudley sheep farming
Roland Attwater — Engaged to Lucy Moresby
Simmons — Lady Wickham's butler
Lady Wickham — Roberta's mother who writes novels under the name of George Masterman

The Passing of Ambrose
1928-07 Strand (UK)
1928-08 Cosmopolitan (US)

Russian translations

Characters

(Algy) Algernon P. Crufts — Ambrose's friend who introduced him to Bobbie. Next door neighbor.
Ambrose Wiffin — Algy's friend who loves Bobbie
Mr. Mulliner
Wilfred — Bobble's small cousin
Esmond Bates — Wilfred's friend
(Bobbie) Roberta Wickham — Loved by Ambrose

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