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Swoop!

The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London on 16 April 1909. An adapted and much abbreviated version, set in the United States, appeared in the July and August 1915 issues of Vanity Fair under the title The Military Invasion of America and with the subtitle A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1916.

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Swoop! by P. G. Wodehouse; Project Gutenberg ebook 7050, matching the catalog's named transcription scope. Selected text only; illustrations, adaptations, recordings and other editions excluded.

Violence

Moderate

An inspected satire passage describes shelling that demolishes buildings and leaves others burned.

Frightening & intense themes

Mild

The selected passage treats invasion and urban destruction as dark comedy; the remainder remains unassessed.

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How long does it take?

1h 27m

Average reading time

Focused reading
1h 10m
Comfortable reading
1h 27m
Reflective / study reading
1h 49m

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Swoop!

The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd. in London on 16 April 1909. An adapted and much abbreviated version, set in the United States, appeared in the July and August 1915 issues of Vanity Fair under the title The Military Invasion of America and with the subtitle A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1916.

Credits

Wikipedia contributors, The Swoop! · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

Writers
P. G. Wodehouse
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