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Success Story (short story)

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"Success Story" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the March 1, 1947 issue of Argosy, under the title "Ukie Invests in Human Nature". It was included in the collection Nothing Serious, published in 1950, and features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge.

Main characters

  • Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, the irrepressible entrepreneur
  • Julia Ukridge, his haughty novelist aunt
  • Oakshott, Aunt Julia's devious butler
  • Jimmy Corcoran, Ukridge's writer friend and narrator of his adventures
  • George Tupper, an old schoolfriend of Ukridge and Corcoran
  • "Looney" Coote, another old schoolfriend
  • References

    Success Story (short story) Wikipedia


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