Mr Mulliner stories

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humorous fiction short story cycle work by P. G. Wodehouse

The Mr Mulliner stories are a series of humorous short tales by P. G. Wodehouse in which the garrulous Mr Mulliner recounts the absurd misadventures of his extensive family, often set in English country and clubland milieus.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humorous fiction → short story cycle → work by P. G. Wodehouse →
author	P. G. Wodehouse →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
firstPublicationMedium	magazines →
frameDevice	Mr Mulliner recounts family anecdotes →
genre	comic fiction → humour →
hasCharacter	members of the Mulliner family →
hasCollection	Meet Mr Mulliner → Mr Mulliner Speaking → Mulliner Nights →
hasProtagonistOccupation	storyteller in a pub →
hasWork	Came the Dawn → Honeysuckle Cottage → Open House → The Bishop’s Move → The Code of the Mulliners → The Reverent Wooing of Archibald → The Story of William → The Truth About George → The Voice from the Past → Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court →
influencedBy	Edwardian and interwar British society →
language	English →
literaryTradition	British comic short stories →
mainCharacter	Mr Mulliner →
narrativeForm	frame narrative →
notableMagazine	Cosmopolitan → Liberty → The Strand Magazine →
partOf	P. G. Wodehouse canon →
periodOfPublication	1920s → 1930s →
recurringLocation	Anglers’ Rest →
recurringMotif	eccentric relatives → implausible but earnest boasting →
setting	English countryside → London clubland →
style	comic exaggeration → verbal wit →
targetAudience	adult readers →
tone	light-hearted →
typicalTheme	farce → romantic entanglements → social satire →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mr Mulliner stories ("Meet Mr Mulliner") → Mr Mulliner stories ("Mr Mulliner Speaking") → Mr Mulliner stories ("Mulliner Nights") →	hasCollection
Mr Mulliner stories ("Mr Mulliner") →	mainCharacter
P. G. Wodehouse ("Mr Mulliner") →	notableCharacterCreated
P. G. Wodehouse →	notableWork