The Adventures of Sally with Sarah Humphrey

Ian is joined by his old friend Sarah Humphrey to talk about The Adventures of Sally AKA Mostly Sally from 1922. A sort of sister novel to Jill the Reckless, again based on Wodehouse's experience in the world of Broadway musical comedies. The novel reflects its time with talk of financial speculation, prohibition, Spanish flu and boxing. Most notably perhaps, the independent spirit and good sense of not just the heroine but other female characters arguably reflects a spirit of feminism.

There will be plot spoilers.

Next month: The Inimitable Jeeves with Tania Agnihotri

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Reference works consulted

N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook

Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters

Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life

Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition

Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern