Much Obliged, Jeeves
by P.G. Wodehouse
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Yet another from the archives of Bertram Wilberforce Wooster in which he is once again rescued by the very large, and fish stoked, brain of Reginald Jeeves. This is the book in which I learned both Bertie’s middle name – which he got after his father, now deceased, gave to him in remembrance after a particularly good win at the races at the time Bertie was born – and that Jeeves even had a first name. We learn this close to the start of the book and Bertie also comments that he had never...more
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Read in June, 2008
‘Much Obliged, Jeeves’ brings the two longest running sagas through the Jeeves and Wooster stories together. The oldest saga being that of Bertie being obliged to become engaged to the dreadful Florence Crane if she breaks her engagement which was featured in the first, although not first written, story ‘Jeeves Takes Charge’ (from ‘Carry On Jeeves’) and continued through the novels, ‘Joy in the Morning’ and ‘Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit’ where it first collided with the Madel...more
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Not one of the best Wodehouses ever (though of course as felicitously written as ever), but it did what it was supposed to do, i.e. comfort me after three days of torturing myself with Thomas Hardy. Ugh. References to Bertie's Scripture Knowledge Prize unusually frequent.
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Read in May, 1982
I will use this "review" for all the P. G. Wodehouse I have read. I read them all so long ago and enjoyed them so much that I have given them all 5 stars. As I re-read them I will adjust the stars accordingly, if necessary, and add a proper review.
When I first discovered P. G. Wodehouse I devoured every book I could find in the local library, throughout the eighties and early nineties. Alas, this means that I have read most of them and stumbling across one I have not read is a rare t...more
When I first discovered P. G. Wodehouse I devoured every book I could find in the local library, throughout the eighties and early nineties. Alas, this means that I have read most of them and stumbling across one I have not read is a rare t...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Wodehouse fans
Not the best Wodehouse, but it picks up toward the end.
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recommends it for:
Everybody who wishes that the world were civilized.
It's Jeeves!
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