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An early comic novel in which Wodehouse employs satire and absurdity to reimagine the defence of England against an improbable invasion.

First published in 1909, The Swoop; or, How Clarence Saved England presents a deliberately exaggerated scenario in... Read Full Overview

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview

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An early comic novel in which Wodehouse employs satire and absurdity to reimagine the defence of England against an improbable invasion.

First published in 1909, The Swoop; or, How Clarence Saved England presents a deliberately exaggerated scenario in... Read Full Overview

The Swoop , or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd, London, on April 16, 1909. 1] Its subtitle is A Tale of the Great Invasion.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

It may be thought by some that in the pages which follow I have painted in too lurid colours the horrors of a foreign invasion of England. Realism in art, it may be argued, can be carried too far. I prefer to think that the majority of my readers will acquit me of a desire to... Read Full Overview

P. G. Wodehouse's short comic book, The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England, was originally made available in the UK on April 16, 1909, by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London. A Tale of the Great Invasion has the subtitles. The Military Invasion of America and A Remarkable Tale of... Read Full Overview

P. G. Wodehouse's short comic book, The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England, was originally made available in the UK on April 16, 1909, by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London. A Tale of the Great Invasion has the subtitles. The Military Invasion of America and A Remarkable Tale of... Read Full Overview

P.G. Wodehouse's humorous and fictional tale of nine simultaneous invasions of England by foreign powers.

""The Swoop or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great"" is a witty and satirical novel by P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1909. In this playful parody of the invasion literature popular at the time, Wodehouse humorously portrays the absurdity of a simultaneous invasion... Read Full Overview