A Man of Means: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Man of Means, credited to P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of A Man of Means by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. Read by Tim Bulkeley. A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Roland Bleke, a nondescript young man to whom financial success comes through a series of "lucky" chances, the first from a win in a sweepstake he had forgotten entering. Roland, like many a timid young man seeks love and marriage. In this pursuit his wealth is regularly a mixed blessing. The plot of each story follows its predecessor, sometimes directly, and occasionally refer back to past events in Bleke's meteoric career. The writing style is crisp and droll, and shows much of the skill and polish of the later Wodehouse. The disasters that befall the hapless Bleke are entertainingly recounted and his unforeseen rescues surprise and delight. In the character of the butler, Mr Teal, we meet an early draft of the ingenious Jeeves. The stories first appeared in the United Kingdom in The Strand in 1914, and in the United States in Pictorial Review in 1916. They were later published in book form in the UK by Porpoise Books in 1991; the collection was released on Project Gutenberg in 2003. (Summary by Wikipedia adapted by Tim Bulkeley) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Man of Means
• Author credits: P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 2:58:40

Catalogue topics

• Wodehouse
• fiction
• humor
• short stories

Track guide

1. 1 - The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter — 24:33
2. 2 - The Episode of the Financial Napoleon — 27:57
3. 3 - The Episode of the Theatrical Venture — 32:51
4. 4 - The Episode of the Live Weekly — 36:35
5. 5 - The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch — 28:40
6. 6 - The Episode of the Hired Past — 28:07

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