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Pre-WWII Light Fiction

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Pleasant 20th-century novels of manners, gentle satire, chick- and lad-lit, magazine-fodder short fiction, and the like from Edwardian days to the advent of World War II.

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  • Cover of: The nutmeg tree

    Cover of edition nutmegtree00shar First published in 1937 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: Cluny Brown

    First published in 1944 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: In Pious Memory

    First published in 1967 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: Britannia Mews

    First published in 1946 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: Queen Lucia

    Cover of edition queenlucia00bensgoog Cover of edition queenlucia00efbe Cover of edition isbn_9780060913724 Cover of edition queenlucianovel00bens First published in 1920 — 144 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Blotting Book

    Cover of edition blottingbook00bens Cover of edition blottingbookhei00bensuoft Cover of edition blottingbook0000bens Cover of edition blottingbook0000bens_w9g9 First published in 1908 — 35 editions work
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  • Cover of: Miss Mapp

    Cover of edition missmapp0000bens_b3p2 Cover of edition missmapp0000bens_a1a2 Cover of edition missmapp0000bens_y0n1 Cover of edition missmapp0000bens Cover of edition missmappmakewayf0000efbe Cover of edition missmappnovel0000bens First published in 1900 — 94 editions work
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  • Cover of: Lucia in London

    Cover of edition luciainlondon0000bens_r4k9 Cover of edition luciainlondon00bens Cover of edition luciainlondonnov01bens First published in 1927 — 24 editions work
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  • Cover of: As we were: a Victorian peep-show

    Cover of edition aswewerevictoria0000bens_p5g3 Cover of edition aswewerevictoria00bens Cover of edition aswewerevictoria0000bens First published in 1930 — 15 editions work
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  • Cover of: The climber

    Cover of edition climberbenson00bensiala Cover of edition climber_00bensuoft First published in 1798 — 8 editions work
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  • Cover of: Make way for Lucia (Mapp & Lucia #6)

    Cover of edition makewayforlucia0000bens_v8d6 Cover of edition makewayforlucia00bens Cover of edition makewayforlucia0000bens First published in 1971 — 10 editions work
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  • Cover of: Dodo the second

    Cover of edition dodosecond00bens First published in 1900 — 4 editions work
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  • Cover of: Dodo wonders

    Cover of edition dodowonders00bensuoft Cover of edition dodowonders00bensuoft First published in 1921 — 11 editions work
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  • Cover of: Desirable residences: and other stories

    Cover of edition desirableresiden0000bens First published in 1991 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: Dodo's daughter, a sequel to Dodo

    Cover of edition dodosdaughterseq00bensuoft Cover of edition dodosdaughteras00bensgoog First published in 1913 — 13 editions work
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  • Cover of: Dodo wonders

    Cover of edition dodowonders00bensuoft Cover of edition dodowonders00bensuoft First published in 1921 — 11 editions work
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  • Cover of: Paying guests

    Cover of edition payingguestsnove00bensuoft Cover of edition payingguests00bens First published in 1929 — 14 editions work
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  • Cover of: Fine feathers: and other stories

    Cover of edition finefeathersothe00bens First published in 1994 — 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: Miss Mapp ; including, The male impersonator

    Cover of edition missmappincludin00bens First published in 1970 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Haunted Bookshop

    Cover of edition hauntedbookshop00morluoft Cover of edition hauntedbookshop00morlrich Cover of edition hauntedbook5th00morluoft Cover of edition hauntedbookshop0000morl Cover of edition hauntedbookshop00chri Cover of edition hauntedbookshop00morl Cover of edition hauntedbookshop0000morl_d8s0 First published in 1919 — 69 editions work
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  • Cover of: Weekend Wodehouse

    Cover of edition weekendwodehouse00wode Cover of edition weekendwodehouse0000unse First published in 1939 — 10 editions work
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  • Cover of: Uncollected Wodehouse

    Cover of edition uncollectedwodeh00pgwo First published in 1976 — 7 editions work
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  • Cover of: Mulliner Nights

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: P. G. Wodehouse

    First published in 1934 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: A Wodehouse Bestiary

    Cover of edition wodehousebestiar0000wode First published in 1985 — 3 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Code of the Woosters

    First published in 1938 — 34 editions work
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  • Cover of: Indiscretions of Archie

    Cover of edition indiscretionsofa00wode First published in 1921 — 37 editions work
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  • Cover of: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

    Cover of edition stiffupperlipjee00pgwo_1 Cover of edition stiffupperlipjee00pgwo Cover of edition stiffupperlipjee0000wode First published in 1963 — 24 editions work
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  • Cover of: Ukridge

    Cover of edition ukridge00wode First published in 1924 — 21 editions work
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  • Cover of: Meet Mr. Mulliner

    Cover of edition meetmrmulliner0000wode First published in 1900 — 19 editions work
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  • Cover of: Summer moonshine

    First published in 1934 — 18 editions work
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  • Cover of: Laughing gas

    Cover of edition laughinggas00wode First published in 1936 — 16 editions work
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  • Cover of: The luck of the Bodkins

    Cover of edition luckofbodkins0000wode Cover of edition luckofbodkins00wode First published in 1935 — 16 editions work
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  • Cover of: Jeeves in the Offing

    Cover of edition jeevesinoffing0000wode Cover of edition jeevesinoffing0000wode_e4r9 Cover of edition howrightyouareje00wode Cover of edition jeevesoffingajee00wode First published in 1960 — 30 editions work
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  • Cover of: Jeeves Omnibus #4

    First published in 1931 — 13 editions work
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  • Cover of: Lord Emsworth and others

    First published in 1937 — 12 editions work
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  • Cover of: Service with a smile

    Cover of edition servicewithsmile0000wode_e9j6 Cover of edition servicewithsmile0000wode_p9l1 Cover of edition servicewithsmile0000wode First published in 1961 — 11 editions work
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  • Cover of: Money in the bank

    First published in 1942 — 9 editions work
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  • Cover of: The golf omnibus

    Cover of edition golfomnibus000wode First published in 1973 — 8 editions work
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  • Cover of: Jeeves and the Tie That Binds: A Novel (Rep)

    First published in 1971 — 8 editions work
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  • Cover of: Spring fever

    Cover of edition springfever0000wode First published in 1948 — 8 editions work
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  • Cover of: French leave

    First published in 1955 — 7 editions work
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  • Cover of: Ring for Jeeves

    Cover of edition ringforjeeves00wode Cover of edition ringforjeeves0000wode_f7l7 Cover of edition returnofjeeves00wode First published in 1953 — 28 editions work
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  • Cover of: The world of Mr. Mulliner

    Cover of edition worldofmrmulline0000wode First published in 1972 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Most of P.G. Wodehouse

    Cover of edition mostofpgwodehous00wode First published in 1960 — 4 editions work
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  • Cover of: Right Ho, Jeeves

    Cover of edition brinkleymanor00wode Cover of edition righthojeeves00pgwo Cover of edition righthojeeves0000wode_m1s3 Cover of edition righthojeeve00wode First published in 1934 — 62 editions work
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  • Cover of: P.G. Wodehouse 5 complete novels

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: A carnival of modern humor

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition work
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  • Cover of: The greatest pages of American humor

    Cover of edition greatestpagesofa0000unse First published in 1936 — 5 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Bodley Head Leacock

    Cover of edition bodleyheadleacoc00leacuoft First published in 1957 — 3 editions work
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History

August 25, 2018 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
December 4, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
December 4, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
December 4, 2017 Edited by Maria Williams updated list seeds.
October 10, 2016 Created by Maria Williams Created new list.