P.G. Wodehouse Keeps the Doctor Away

In 1928, the American magazine Liberty published what was to become one of PG Wodehouse's best-loved stories: "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend". All the usual Wodehousean suspects are here â?? the fierce aunt, the overbearing gardener, the uncomfortably stiff collar â?? and the plot hangs on a characteristically slight thread. Even so, this tale of friendship between a tremulous peer and a 12-year-old East Ender named Gladys has tremendous power.