EPISODE · May 30, 2026 · 2H 51M
Jill the Reckless with Alexander Rennie
from Wodehousekeeping
Ian is joined for a fifth time by Alexander Rennie of the now concluded Forgotten Towns podcast and blog. They discuss Jill the Reckless, AKA The Little Warrior, from 1920. A standalone Anglo-American novel centred around the New York stage, it includes the first mention of the Drones Club. Ian and Alex both consider this one of the stronger Wodehouse books so far covered in the podcast. There will be plot spoilers. Next month: Indiscretions of Archie.You can e-mail me at [email protected]. Help finance the show, Otis Pilkington style, at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received.Monitor my feeble attempts at self-promotion at Bluesky or FacebookReference works consultedRobert McCrum: Wodehouse: A LifeSophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersNorman Murphy: A Wodehouse HandbookDaniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third editionLee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and KernFrances Donaldson, ed: Yours, PlumMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums websiteWikipediaOther Wodehouse works alluded toSomething FreshThe Prince and BettyUneasy MoneyThe Adventures of SallyLeave it to PsmithBill the ConquerorBig Money"The Man Upstairs"Indiscretions of ArchieThe Inimitable JeevesA Damsel in Distress"The Mixer"The Luck of the BodkinsThe Rose of China"Napoleon" in Have A HeartThe Small Bachelor"Bill" in Show BoatAnything GoesPsmith JournalistCompany For HenryAlso mentionedAlfred, Lord TennysonJohn GrantWilly MasonWalt MasonFlanders and Swann, "The Safety Curtain", "Strike" and "In the D'Oyly Cart"Richard D'Oyly CarteBook of Daniel, The BibleBeastie Boys, "Shadrach"David Devant and His Spirit Wife, "Pimlico"The Bowes-Lyons familyDickens, David Copperfield and Bleak HouseBeachcomber (J.B. Morton), the Captain Foulenough storiesCount Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyIan SproatJulian MitchellThe Ziegfeld FolliesAbraham Lincoln ErlangerNapoleon BonaparteCockburn's PortRennie Heartburn and Indigestion ReliefDiet CokeEtta James, "I Just Want to Make Love To You"AutomatOmar KhayaamAlexander WoollcottWilliam J Halley, "Pullman Porters on Parade"Robert S. Bader, Four of the Three MusketeersApocrypals podcastRichard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals The Orange Tree, RichmondPatricia HodgeThank you for reading the notes! Typing them sometimes feels a little futile, but you make it all worthwhile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ian is joined for a fifth time by Alexander Rennie of the now concluded Forgotten Towns podcast and blog. They discuss Jill the Reckless, AKA The Little Warrior, from 1920. A standalone Anglo-American novel centred around the New York stage, it includes the first mention of the Drones Club. Ian and Alex both consider this one of the stronger Wodehouse books so far covered in the podcast. There will be plot spoilers. Next month: Indiscretions of Archie.You can e-mail me at [email protected]. Help finance the show, Otis Pilkington style, at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received.Monitor my feeble attempts at self-promotion at Bluesky or FacebookReference works consultedRobert McCrum: Wodehouse: A LifeSophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersNorman Murphy: A Wodehouse HandbookDaniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third editionLee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and KernFrances Donaldson, ed: Yours, PlumMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums websiteWikipediaOther Wodehouse works alluded toSomething FreshThe Prince and BettyUneasy MoneyThe Adventures of SallyLeave it to PsmithBill the ConquerorBig Money"The Man Upstairs"Indiscretions of ArchieThe Inimitable JeevesA Damsel in Distress"The Mixer"The Luck of the BodkinsThe Rose of China"Napoleon" in Have A HeartThe Small Bachelor"Bill" in Show BoatAnything GoesPsmith JournalistCompany For HenryAlso mentionedAlfred, Lord TennysonJohn GrantWilly MasonWalt MasonFlanders and Swann, "The Safety Curtain", "Strike" and "In the D'Oyly Cart"Richard D'Oyly CarteBook of Daniel, The BibleBeastie Boys, "Shadrach"David Devant and His Spirit Wife, "Pimlico"The Bowes-Lyons familyDickens, David Copperfield and Bleak HouseBeachcomber (J.B. Morton), the Captain Foulenough storiesCount Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyIan SproatJulian MitchellThe Ziegfeld FolliesAbraham Lincoln ErlangerNapoleon BonaparteCockburn's PortRennie Heartburn and Indigestion ReliefDiet CokeEtta James, "I Just Want to Make Love To You"AutomatOmar KhayaamAlexander WoollcottWilliam J Halley, "Pullman Porters on Parade"Robert S. Bader, Four of the Three MusketeersApocrypals podcastRichard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals The Orange Tree, RichmondPatricia HodgeThank you for reading the notes! Typing them sometimes feels a little futile, but you make it all worthwhile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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