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Originally Posted by HarryT
Wodehouse's main "problem" as far as his reputation is concerned is that he was widely perceived in Britain as being a nazi collaborator, because he made several broadcasts on German radio during WWII while living in occupied France. He probably wasn't a collaborator as much as just very politically naive, but it ruined his reputation in the UK, which is why he lived the remainder of his life in the USA. It's probably really only in the last 20 years or so that people have started to forget all that and appreciate the genius of his writing.
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Well, I also think the humorous books are not taken seriously while the author is alive. Some time has to pass before it become OK for the literature people to consider the books to be literature. And that is a problem Pratchett has since he also write books in fantasy worlds.
For all Pratchett readers I would recommend
Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature:
http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/literature.html