Buried Treasure (short story)

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"Buried Treasure"
Author P. G. Wodehouse
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s) Comedy
Publisher Strand (UK)
This Week (US)
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateSeptember 1936 (UK)
27 September 1936 (US)

"Buried Treasure" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United Kingdom in the September 1936 issue of the Strand , and in the United States in the September 27, 1936 edition of This Week , under the title "Hidden Treasure". [1] It was included in the UK collection Lord Emsworth and Others (1937), [2] and its US equivalent The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937). [3] It is another tale told by pub raconteur Mr Mulliner, concerning a member of his large family.

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Plot

Mr Mulliner's nephew Brancepeth wants to marry his beloved Muriel, but hasn't a sou to do it on, so her father Lord Bromborough is forcing her to marry the boob of the first water Edwin Potter (heir of Potter's Potted Meats). Bromborough has a weakness, though: his great moustache Joyeuse, which he compares favorably to Love in Idleness, the facial decoration of Potter's father Sir Preston. Having been invited to Rumpling Hall to paint a portrait of Lord Bromborough, Brancepeth realizes that if he can turn a moustachless Bromborough into an animated cartoon in Hollywood, fame, fortune, and Muriel are his.

Publication history

The story was illustrated by Gilbert Wilkinson in the Strand. [4] C. C. Beall illustrated the story in This Week. [5]

"Buried Treasure" was included in Week-End Wodehouse (UK edition), published in May 1939 by Herbert Jenkins Limited. [6] The story was included in the 1972 collection The World of Mr. Mulliner, published by Barrie & Jenkins, London. The collection was first issued in the US in 1974 by the Taplinger Publishing Company. [7]

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Midkiff, Neil (3 July 2019). "The Wodehouse short stories". Madame Eulalie. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), pp. 72–73, A57.
  3. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), p. 73, A58.
  4. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), p. 186, D133.207.
  5. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), p. 159, D65.8.
  6. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), p. 117, B6b.
  7. ↑ McIlvaine (1990), pp. 115–116, B5.
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