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Originally published
  
1940

Genre
  
Fiction

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Author
  
P. G. Wodehouse

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Eggs, Beans and Crumpets is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States on May 10, 1940 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.

Most of the stories feature regular characters: Drones Club member Bingo Little, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge and, in the US edition, Freddie Widgeon and the Oldest Member.

Contents

  1. "All's Well with Bingo" (Drone Bingo Little)
  2. US: Saturday Evening Post, January 30, 1937
  3. UK: Strand, April 1937
  4. "Bingo and the Peke Crisis" (Drone Bingo Little)
  5. US: Saturday Evening Post, May 29, 1937
  6. UK: Strand, June 1937
  7. "The Editor Regrets" (Drone Bingo Little)
  8. US: Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1939
  9. UK: Strand, September 1939
  10. "Sonny Boy" (Drone Bingo Little)
  11. US: Saturday Evening Post, September 2, 1939
  12. UK: Strand, December 1939
  13. "Anselm Gets His Chance" (Mr Mulliner)
  14. US: Saturday Evening Post, July 3, 1937
  15. UK: Strand, July 1937
  16. "Romance at Droitgate Spa"
  17. US: Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1937
  18. UK: Strand, August 1937
  19. "A Bit of Luck for Mabel" (Ukridge)
  20. US: Saturday Evening Post, December 26, 1925
  21. UK: Strand, January 1926
  22. "Buttercup Day" (Ukridge)
  23. US: Saturday Evening Post, November 21, 1925
  24. UK: Strand, December 1925
  25. "Ukridge and the Old Stepper" (Ukridge)
  26. US: Liberty, June 9, 1928
  27. UK: Strand, June 1928

The US edition of the book also included:

  • "Ukridge and the Home from Home", "The Come-back of Battling Billson", and "The Level Business Head" (three more Ukridge stories), which in the UK had already been included in Lord Emsworth and Others (1937)
  • "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh" (a story featuring Drone Freddie Widgeon) which was in the UK version of Young Men in Spats (1936)
  • "Bramley Is So Bracing" (another Drone Freddie Widgeon story), which would appear to UK readers in Nothing Serious (1950)
  • "Scratch Man" (an Oldest Member golf story), which would not appear in the UK until A Few Quick Ones (1959)

    • Missing from the US edition were "Romance at Droitgate Spa" and "All's Well with Bingo", which had been included in The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937).

    References

    Eggs, Beans and Crumpets Wikipedia
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