I've always sort of assumed that J&W takes place in the equivalent of an alternate universe -- the Depression and the second World War sort of...don't exist. Or at least, they never intersect with Bertie's universe.
The first WW definately happened, as I think Bertie referenced it as the Great War...thus putting the time period sometime before WW2. For all intents and purposes, however, I think Wodehouse-verse exists in a dream-world -- eternally stuck in a period where the first war wasn't as devastating as it was in reality and the second will in all likelihood never occur.
Actually, now that I think of it, the depression must have happened too, because they mention the New Deal. However, while the businessmen involved seem to be affected by the New Deal, none of them ever mention the effects of the Depression. Hm.
I was actually wondering about Prohibition...Bertie and co. seem to encounter no obstacles to living the high life while in New York. I kept expecting something to happen, but nothing ever did.
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The first WW definately happened, as I think Bertie referenced it as the Great War...thus putting the time period sometime before WW2. For all intents and purposes, however, I think Wodehouse-verse exists in a dream-world -- eternally stuck in a period where the first war wasn't as devastating as it was in reality and the second will in all likelihood never occur.
Actually, now that I think of it, the depression must have happened too, because they mention the New Deal. However, while the businessmen involved seem to be affected by the New Deal, none of them ever mention the effects of the Depression. Hm.
I was actually wondering about Prohibition...Bertie and co. seem to encounter no obstacles to living the high life while in New York. I kept expecting something to happen, but nothing ever did.