Honeysuckle Cottage by P. G. Wodehouse
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- In this episode, we dive into the charming and humorous world of P.G. Wodehouse's "Honeysuckle Cottage." Join us as we follow the adventures of James Rodman, a mystery novelist who inherits a house in the country from his romance novelist aunt. As James spends time at the cottage, he becomes embroiled in a series of romantic and comedic misadventures, full of unexpected twists and turns. With Wodehouse's signature wit and humor, "Honeysuckle Cottage" is a delightful and entertaining short story that is sure to leave you smiling.
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The Germans took over the town where he and his wife were located, and took them into custody. They got him to make a radio broadcast and that was what caused the uproar back home in the UK. He wasn't being pro axis but emotions were so high at the time, the general assumption was that he was. He moved to the US due to UK tax issues as well as the fuss over his broadcast. He was a brilliant man. He and his wife loved dogs so much, during the war they gave their meat rations to their dogs. Lovely couple. ❤
Love hearing this! I am an animal lover too!!!
Thank goodness wodehouse was not lazy and left all these gifts to us..i cherish every one of his books and stories!
I believe in ghosts, goats, P.G. Wodehouse, and you, Tony. Thank you for all your wonderful stories and excellent narration!
Isn't it fascinating that we humans come together like this? We all like the stories, and your voice, how you create something special, unique, and then I realize I've been smiling for an hour. I can listen to the same ones over and over again without diminished enjoyment. Here I am, a septugenarian grandmother in a senior living apartment in Ohio, my cocker spaniel lying on my feet. I'm keeping up with my friend, Tony Walker, who is half a continent and an ocean away. Such a gift you have. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And yes, I'm a patron and pre-ordered your new book. ❤🙏
It sure is, I just tuned in because my little cottage is named Honeysuckle cottage.
@@holgerhaupt beautiful name for a cottage. Reminds me of my travels through Warwickshire and the Cotswolds. I'm born in Australia, the wrong time and country. 😢😢
I agree, greetings to you from northeast England "half a continent+an ocean away"best of health+happiness to you+yours 💕
Hear! Hear! 👍
Exactly... It's wonderful how we... Like - minded souls... happen to come together... Except for my husband of 25 years.... I know no one around me who knows or likes Wodehouse... I feel blessed for having such a gem of a husband... Greetings from 🇵🇰
So extraordinary that Wodehouse was villified for writing books while imprisoned by the Germans. What else was he supposed to do it seems to me. People were perhaps jealous of his success and ability to delight so many people.
I never knew this! God bless him!
Wodehouse’s humor is in a class by itself. Writing while being a prisoner probably kept him sane.
I didn't know he was a prisoner. How interesting 🤔. Wonder what he did.
@@louise7552He did some broadcasts for nazi’s during ww2 .
Just in time for a nice "happy hour" after a very rough week. And Wodehouse too! Thank you ever so much Tony.
I believe that Wodehouse would’ve been criticised just as much, but by the opposite group, if he had stopped writing. It’s none of our business what he did really. I was nearly 30 before I found out that not everyone thinks like me! It shocked me to the core! I honestly believed, that with the exception of a few weird people, most people thought like me. Ridiculous I now know.
I love Wodehouse
Thanks, Tony. I'm suffering from insomnia tonight; it's almost 2 am, and I've gotten my second wind but I have a busy day tomorrow. I'm turning out the lights and listening to this new story. I appreciate you. ✌️🛌💤
Isn't it dreadful only get our second wind in the middle of the night????
@@djstarr-lowery4047 yeah, after fighting through the yawn tears for two or three hours until bedtime. Aaaargh 😫
Wodehouse never fails! Your reading is perfect, Tony.
I'm a new listener and this is the first Wodehouse story I've ever heard. If I were trapped in a bad place, I'd write lots of stories to let my mind escape. My Uncle Gordon did that when he was in Vietnam. Creating a happier place in his head helped him cope.
“…the instinct of self preservation which animates nature’s bachelors in times of peril.” I can’t even 😂
And William. Sweet William might be my spirit animal 😂
Thank you so much for this. Just perfection. *chef’s kiss*
PS- Talisker all the way! And hope the pup’s paw mends.
"Ghosts not goats!" Let the fun begin! Delightful also this time around, with your usual masterful narration. Thank you, Tony!
Some believe in UFOs, some in God- I myself put all of MY faith ENTIRELY in your average goat; and not necessarily even in the g.(g.)o.a.t., EITHER.
Another beautiful narration thank you so very much
Your soothing voice, excellent accents and steady flow have helped me with my depression and anxiety and my sleep patterns.
I may fall asleep during a longer story,yet it's a pleasure to " rewind" and listen again
I have some longer compilations to help you sleep. Hope they work.
God bless you 🌱🌿🌾
I'm giggling because this was not the ghost story I was expecting 😂. So far so good.
25:50 roaring from laughter 😂 thank you for this story!!!
This is the one story that had me laughing at points, especially William. This was lovely, I’m a hopeless romantic, but I’m so glad that it was the dog who won his heart 💜
The story was great and your narration of it was excellent! I love P G Wodehouse.
Thanks
PG Wodehouse was a genius. In almost any situation he created a safe atmosphere of beautiful humour with quirky characters, the main character oftrn wanting to escape any responsibility to continue carrying out harmless fun. Tony. You are a masterful narrator. I have listened to so many Wodegouse books read Jonathan Cesil - the quintisenssial reader for Wodehouse. All other readers including Stephen Fry I put you above. Give up the day job. You have talent.
That was so enjoyable. Thank you. And the comments afterwards are so appreciated. I totally agree about the black and white stance so many have these days. So aggressively too I think they,ve become tyrannical preachers on the vulnerable most often. And preach a terrible gospel.
Love love love that story no pun intended it's one of my new favorites and that's one of my new favorite authors
This might be my favorite of your narrations.
So many different points of view are perfectly lampooned by Wodehouse but are missed by other narrators. There's not a slack moment in the action. 0 fat content, nothing to trim or add.
This is a rollercoaster of character types, all 2 dimensional by design, and yet enormously engaging and entertaining.
Wodehouse makes me want to spend time with characters who are basically cardboard cut outs but are more fun than any real people I know. That's his genius.
Your genius is hitting every note perfectly and on time, never overdoing the already overdone, and never missing the comic timing. Genius, pure genius.
I hope you enjoyed doing it as much as I enjoy listening to it. It's a standard go-to when I'm taking myself too seriously because it reminds me that I'm a cardboard cut out, too.😅
My issues are just as trite and contrived as anyone's, et voilà, I lighten up...thank you. ❤️💐
This.Was.Perfect. I was in genuine suspense. My heart was in my very throat. Applause!Applause! Bravo! And furthermore, yippee what fun!
Another Classic Ghost Story Podcast!!! Truth, morals are objective. There is only one law of nature that has existed since the begining: Do not steal. Not an opinion, a fact born out in evidence.
Your commentary is absolutely spot-on; demonizing your opponent allows you to 'justify' whatever you want to do to them; who wouldn't kill Hitler?
I believe that Hitler loved dogs and other animals; it was just humans he didn't like, only then certain types.
Yes! Woodhouse is my favourite 🎉❤
Your comments at the end are so right. As a man in my 60s, it scares me to see that nobody can put aside their own dogma to do help with social problems that affect everyone. (homelessness, hunger, drag addiction, poverty, crime just to list a few)
I loved this story! Fantastic! That dog, William, stole my heart, he and I could both polish up our social skills a bit! 😄 As for that billionaire werewolf, tell him to ☎me. Seriously, I always want to read those paranormal romances with the bare chested vampire-pirate ghost, but I get about 10 pages in and can not do it. The book gets set on my desk until a month later, then it goes to another table for a month and then it goes on a book shelf for 4 years and then it goes to a garage sale for 25 cents. This has happened -a hundred- 4 or 5 times in the last couple of decades... 🐕
But I think there is money in bare-chested vampire pirate ghost billionaires. I will write them under a pen name of course
@@ClassicGhost I hope you will read them to us! 😲😊
I believe there's a bare-chested vampire ghost story outside being marked "25 cents" as we speak.
@@thurayya8905 😄
Oh that was delightful, just delightful, thank you 🥰
As a former resident if Clacton on sea it made me smile to hear it so unexpectedly mentioned. Poor William 🙂
I’ve listened to you for awhile now. This time you’ve gone from comedic writing to religious Nazism to pediatric veterinary. Fabulous! My adhd loves the convoluted journey…
Yep it’s a blessing and a curse :)
Very nice reading of a fine short story. I will listen again soon. You have piqued my interest.
Thanks for listening
You re getting better and better at narration. Such a funny storry rendered beautifully 😅❤
Thank you, Curly!
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Beautifully read.
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And I DO believe in GOATS, feverishly and fervently.
That was well worth the listen! I laughed & laughed. Well done loyal William.
I thoroughly enjoyed honeysuckle cottage. Very entertaining.loved it. On the subject of Wodehouse continuing to write while he was locked up what was that all about.what was he supposed to do.honestly some people just love to sit in judgement on his fellow man. I don’t blame him escaping into his writing.outrageous that he was vilified for trying to stay sane. Good for him.
Thank you for your wonderful narration. I truly enjoyed it.
What you said about people having zero tolerance for other people’s simple opinions. It’s so true. Society is in one of its saddest states that I believe it’s ever been in the last couple hundred years
Oh ho ho😅 chuckle hardaway this is a good and funny story
Great dry humor around 2:46 😂 Wodehouse is such a great writer. Thanks for these!
It’s been way too long, I gave myself the gift or Tony Time. As always. Soothing, entertaining and your voice. Incredible good stuff! Thank you in advance. No doubt, I’ll be looking for more despite my obligations.
Lovely 🥰 thank you for making me smile again 🥰
I hope puppys foot is all good once its worked on . As to the apple tree. Most apple trees are grafted to ensure good consistant crops / nice tasting apples . Trees grien fro pups are a bit hut and miss but worth trying . Quite often you get little apples that are tart (crab apples) but i have to say they make the best apple sauce and sage and crab apple sauce / jelly on pork chops or belly slices is divine 😋🥰
Thank you again 🥰🤗
ROFLMAO!!! I just listened to this one among your multi-story mix of humorous ghost stories! My husband and I are huge Wodehouse fans, he's currently reading a biography about him. I sent him a link to this, your reading of it, in hopes he'll listen to it too. I'm enjoying it again, even more. Thank you, Tony!
William sounds like my dog - everything is there for him to eat :)
Thank you so much. Really cheered me up!
Great story to relax to. Even greater voice.
Uncle Henry sounds like Colonel Melchit "gallant by jove, gallant by George man" ha 😆
Ye gads and by jove, that be a riveting dialog of unconstrained delight. A most positive degree of congratulation's upon your successful narration.
I love this so damned much I keep listening to it every couple weeks. Thanks, Tony.
Ha ha!
Amazing story , I always appreciate your commentary too. (Gosh his poor wife )
Love this one. Thank you.
Have a great weekend too.
❤🌹❤
Loved this.
Please accept my sacrifice to the Al gor ithm 🙌.
The algorithms must be worshipped
Oh,oh,ooohhh! I haven't started my experience yet,but I love Wodehouse,and Tony Walker presentations,so...hooray!
Superb reading of a great story.
I always found the Wodehouse/ A.A. Milne beef hilarious.
I enjoyed listening to you talk at the end of the story more than the story itself. 😉❤
Listening to your ramblings... I'm fondest of the Highland Single Malts, Aberfeldy being my most recent fav.
Good luck with your pups.
What is it about Ivy growing on a little cottage, with a fence and shrubs, that is so cozy and safe?
It always takes me to war time British countryside. Nice video
I feel like this is a response to Pride and Prejudice. A masculine response perhaps. Although I think William was the best character! Great story! Thanks, Tony!
Great story, lots of fun.
Thought your tangent at the end about divisions of opinions leading to people de-humanising others and refusing to engage in any dialogue, was very good. I think this whole culture of creating extremely opposed ideological camps has become more intense in the world of social media, not just because everyone is trying to prove their virtue (or put down enemies) vocally, but also the camps have become so varied or niche that even people who would describe themselves as fellow "leftists" (or "rightists" but it seems worse on the "left") attack each other for not having the same specific ideology. Personally I think a lot of people refuse to engage with different opinions because they are terrified theirs just might be wrong...
I miss hearing a good a good story. It allows my mind to paint the picture and play the video at whatever speed my mind chooses to be best at the time. Very well done.
Hilarious story!
Oh Tony your Comments on P.G. Wodehouse is delicious!
The response to this story has been so enormous that I am thinking of doing some more of his work.
Excellently read, Tony! I really enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind more by this author even though they aren't ghost-y.
Wodehouse is a welcome addition to your channel! I laughed so hard yet I get the gist of the real haunting - especially as I’m an author too 😂 Loved your interpretation of the voices esp. the apple-cheeked housekeeper
She’s was a gem to do
This story is hilarious! And so well read. Thanks so much.
Extremely well written and beautifully told.
Love me some Wodehouse!
Absolute favorite tale! What a joy!
Love Wodehouse, love the Mulliner stories.
Many thanks!
Love this author, only just discovered him through the Jeeves and Bertie audiobooks. They kill me, brilliant. The narrator is perfection in those, can't wait to curl up in bed now with Honeysuckle Cottage. Thankyou SO MUCH. Louise Australia ❤
What a wonderful story. Many thanks!
Delightful tale
I became a little hysterical with "daddy's dying wish".
P. G. Wodehouse is a favorite of mine, and Mr. Mulliner's stories are only surpassed by Jeeves and Wooster.
Also, hooray for William!
Jeeves and Wooster was how I stumbled across P. G. Woodhouse. Quite by accident. Fell in love instantly. So thankful. 😊😊
Your narrating skills are impeccable!
thank you very much
Good audiobook
I love Wodehouse and it is difficult to read him aloud effectively without rapid pacing turning into coma inducing speed. Thank you for resisting the urge.
Jolly good performance, my good man! Absolutely capital.
Pip pip!
The dog, Toto was unfortunately -- uninjured 😂
"But don't worry I'll make it cheap" A mood 💀
Good grief, I love your voice!
Nice of you to say so.
I really enjoyed this one in the “ Humorous ghost stories “ collection! Thank you 🙏
Hilarious. I love it!
It behoves us to forget History... What kind of dog is Jaspar? Our dog used to have awful itchy paws, we thought it was the river water, wet grass, his breeding -poor dog had all kinds of meds & salves but in the end we reckoned it was the food, we took him off highly processed, with chicken & not all dogs do well on chicken & rice, believe it or not! Gave him best quality grain-free kibble with tuna or wallaby and he really came good, all his itchiness & poorly paw-paws -went we know he was allergic to fleas, but beyond that I reckon commercial dog food had much to answer for. Hope your Good Boy comes good. Thanks for another ripping yarn!-
Jasper is doing well now. He's beside me and snoring a bit which might not go so well with the recording. He had to have his toe amputated but that is now in the past and he's healthy and happy. Thank you for asking!
@@ClassicGhost Good to hear he's hail & hearty - my Kelpie is strung out along the top of the armchair as if she owns it!! We do love our dogs. I'm quite in awe of your reading skills - surely you must do voice overs?!
I’m really enjoying your channel! 👍🏻❤️
another man of action begins his inevitable descent. no thanks to your splendid reading...
Love Wodehouse! I’ve seen all the Laurie/Fry episodes-they’re brilliant. I’ve never heard this gem, and the combo of ghost story and humor is fabulous. Thank you! Re: your comments about the polarization of society, yes it’s true. Enough said, as I’m deeply disturbed by the increase. It’s not boring to hear your tidbits at all-quite interesting! If you want a coffee treat, grind dark roast beans with cardamom pods, star anise and cinnamon. Heavenly! I don’t like whiskey, my preferred tipple is vodka. Hope your puppy gets better soon! I’m amazed you were able to grow apples from seeds. I recommend a magical book called The Man Who Planted Trees and Grew Happiness. 😊
What a gent eh visiting his wife in hospital from time to time
My weekend starts here thank you
Oh this was highly entertaining!
I liked the bit about the Nasturtiums - I'm very fond of them..but I don't think I stand before them prettily, with clasped hands! 😂
Hope things turn out OK with the puppy. Good to hear about your success with the Apple 🌳 🌳 I believe they produce fruit much quicker than 20 years, although some varieties cross pollination, so need several planted together...
I am going to grow them in our back yard and then plant them on the ground between us and the river when they're big enough
@@ClassicGhost Sounds like a lovely idea..nothing better than planting trees 😊
Ethel wasn't locked up with a mental disorder. You must have looked up the wrong Ethel Wayman. Born 1885. Died age 99, in 1984. She is famous for being a bit of a terrier about visitors bothering Plum, which he liked. Wodehouse was 3rd husband. She was a widow when she met him and they married 7 or 8 weeks later, I think in New York.
He loved his days to be all his. Writing, walks or golf or both, his soap opera... He was truly content to have all that and Ethel.
He watched an American daytime soap opera, each day but I can't remember which.
I did find a reference to them separating during the war, that might have confused you - but that wasn't because they weren't happy. That was because the Germans let Ethel stay in France and Plum, a few years too young to have been left in peace, due to age, he was 59ish? was told he had to pack and he grabbed his clothes and his stuff to write, and was sent to Germany, for internment. I think if he had been 65, they would have left him in France and just had him report regularly, to some nearby HQ.
Some of the German officers were big fans.
He didn't get into trouble because he kept writing. He was in trouble because the Germans asked him if he would like to broadcast, to let people know how he was going. At least to his American fans. Plum never realised it might be seen as collaborating or that the Germans could use the broadcasts as PR. He gave 5 broadcasts and that had a number of English wanting him hanged. Some say if Ethel had been with him, she would have warned him off, but sadly, she was in France, with their belongings and pets. One of the most violent haters of PGW, was the very mediocre little chap, Duff Cooper, who had managed to marry one of the greatest beauties of her generation, mainly because a number of men she fell in love with, were killed as young officers, in WW1.
That was Lady Diana Cooper, officially the Duke of Rutland's daughter but almost everyone agrees, actually the daughter of the beautiful cad, Harry Cust, who is supposed to have sired about 40 aristocrats children, who were all of course, half sisters/brothers.
When Harry couldn't get at the wife of his host, he would go after anything pretty in the servants. One of the pretty servants he is said to have got at, was Margaret Thatcher's grandmother. So Maggie's mother was probably the genetic half sister to Lady Diana Cooper - and if you think I'm spinning a line for some unfathomable reason, Lady Diana Cooper had been known to jokingly call Maggie her niece.
Woodhouse? Nooooo. WODEHOUSE. Yesssssss.
check this out honoriaplum.com/2018/07/16/how-to-pronounce-wodehouse/
Quote "I had been pronouncing Wodehouse as if it rhymed with road-house and toad-house. Whereas the ‘wode’ in P.G. Wodehouse should rhyme with good. Here’s a little mnemonic to help you remember.
Every good house has some Wodehouse."
It's like the Jekyll, Jeekyll debate. And while I can't claim that I am never wrong about these things (some of the New England place-names in Behind the Stumps I got wrong) I am right about Woodhouse and Jeekyll.
Thanx a lot.. Great story... Novel idea... Reminded me of movie '' Stranger than fiction'' _ - Emma Thompson😊
Great ramble.
Love your point on lack of discourse. All the Scotches you listed are excellent. I am an American, and Scotch is one of my drinks of choice!
Love your discussion about coffee. I love coffee from Africa.
Keep up the fantastic work! Great job!
I learned more about the English/Welsh countryside as well!
Thanks again!
Grand, Donald. Thank you for taking the time to write
Tony Walker that is the most eyes open description of humans putting themselves in self righteous boxes. New to your channel, certainly wasnt expecting something like that after an audiobook read. Thank you. I will be checking out the rest of your work.
Ooooh.
So good!
Egad, Honeysuckle Cottage is haunted by a Mary Sue! Now that is scary!
(James does kind of deserve it, though, for disliking dogs and goats.)
So funny. Thank you.
First time listener, not quite what i expected, romantic easy listening at its best.
Will be back to see what the other titles bring! 😊
I will be keeping this for another night!! I definitely love your style of speech, unfortunately my anxiety is too high tonight to only listen to your voice, even as imaginative as it is! Maybe it would be good for morning, as I get ready for my day ❤
+Alien Eater 👽 this was a funny story but a bit exuberant. i have sone sleep stories ina. playlist that you might find more relaxing