A Man of Means (Paperback)

from PhilSyphe

These six connected short stories proved to be an entertaining read. I like how the main character starts out by not wanting much money so as to avoid getting married, only for him to unintentionally keep gaining money and potential brides with the passing of each story.

from Shimmin

A fun little collection of linked stories, dealing with a young man who comes into money. As he's also both rather self-centred and quite weak, he ends up entangled with various young women and their schemes. We aren't expected to fully sympathise with him, but seeing his apparent dooms and his l...

from bradgers

Early, early Wodehouse. This book is a collection of six short stories, each originally published individually in a magazine, about the titular character named Roland Bleke. The young man who entered looked exactly like a second clerk in a provincial seed-merchant's office-which, strangely enough...

from bradgers

Early, early Wodehouse. This book is a collection of six short stories, each originally published individually in a magazine, about the titular character named Roland Bleke. The young man who entered looked exactly like a second clerk in a provincial seed-merchant's office-which, strangely enough...