Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf.

This season we are reading a selection of short stories by P.G. Woodhouse

from his collection The Man Upstairs and Other Short Stories, first published in 1914. The often comical stories primarily focus on themes of love and romance with humorous or witty situations.

Sir Palham Grenville Woodhouse was an English writer and one of the most widely read

humorists of the 20th century.

He was born in Guilford in the UK in 1881.

His most famous works are his series Worcester and Jeeves, which even granted him a glittering Hollywood career during the 1930s.

We know our listeners are as unique as our novels, and lucky for you, our bookshelf is varied,

with lots of different types of stories to lull you into a deep sleep.

The following is a preview to give you an idea of what to expect from this season.

We will be reading three short stories.

The man upstairs about a young wealthy man named Alan Beverley who

pretends to be a struggling artist in order to gain the affections of the woman living

below him. Something to worry about in which a young girl named Sally comes and

disrupts the young men of a sleepy seaside town,

and Ruth in exile, whereby a young woman named Ruth is challenged by a newcomer

after being forced out of England with her father to a French town close to Montecarlo.

We hope you will join us for this season.

However, if you decide that these short stories aren't your cup of tea,

feel free to explore the rest of the bookshelf,

where we are sure you will find something

to help guide you into a restful sleep. And don't forget, this season is exclusive to our

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