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November 3rd 2006
by Hard Press
(first published 1925)
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140690483X
(isbn13: 9781406904833)
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Has Jeeves Finally Lost His Grip? When Jeeves suggest dreamy, soulful Gussie Fink-Nottle don scarlet tights and a false beard in his bid to capture th…more
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Read in January, 2009
**WOOSTERS' GUIDE**
(as opposed to boring old Webster's guide)
*Woosters are men of tact, and have a nice sense of host obligations.
*Even when displaying the iron hand, Woosters like to keep the thing fairly matey.
*When woosters put their hand to the plough, they do not readily sheath the sword.
*Woosters are fair minded, and make allowances for men parading through London all night in scarlet tights. (my f...more
(as opposed to boring old Webster's guide)
*Woosters are men of tact, and have a nice sense of host obligations.
*Even when displaying the iron hand, Woosters like to keep the thing fairly matey.
*When woosters put their hand to the plough, they do not readily sheath the sword.
*Woosters are fair minded, and make allowances for men parading through London all night in scarlet tights. (my f...more
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Read in December, 1972
recommends it for:
Those wishing to read funny books.
Those starting to read P. G. Wodehouse should start with this novel, which is sometimes called BRINKLEY MANOR. It is the immediate predecessor to Wodehouse's most perfect novel, THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS.
He wrote this in his mid-fifties. It was something like his fortieth novel. He literally wrote about seventy novels, all of them extremely light, the vast majority of them humorous. (His very early novels were about cricket-players at prep-school.) RIGHT-HO, JEEVES features P. G. Wodehouse...more
He wrote this in his mid-fifties. It was something like his fortieth novel. He literally wrote about seventy novels, all of them extremely light, the vast majority of them humorous. (His very early novels were about cricket-players at prep-school.) RIGHT-HO, JEEVES features P. G. Wodehouse...more
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Read in August, 2007
I saw that it would be fruitless to try to reason with her. Quite plainly, she was not in the vein. Contenting myself, accordingly, with a gesture of loving sympathy, I left the room. Whether she did or did not throw a handsomely bound volume of the Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, at me, I am not in a position to say. I had seen it lying on the table beside her, and as I closed the door I remember receiving the impression that some blunt instrument had crashed against the woodwork, but I was fee...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Oh, Bertie. Oh, Tuppy. And oh, oh, Gussie. An engagement to the more delicately nurtured of the species can go a bit rummy under certain circs. Not to mention prize-giving at that bally Market Snodsbury Grammar School. Bertie does his best to save the day, based on his knowing "the psychology of the individual", but as usual his schemes only serve to make chaps go to fires from frying pans. Thank goodness for Jeeves!
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Read in March, 2008
Absolutely a classic. Gussie loves Madeleine Bassett, as goopy a young geezer as ever declaimed that the stars are God's daisy chain--but he cannot bring himself to propose. Tuppy loves Angela but a rift has torn their loving hearts asunder, he asserting that the shark that attacked her at Cannes was a mere flatfish, she contending that he lives for food alone.
Into this mess stumbles Bertram Wooster. Bertie ends up, much against his will, engaged to La Bassett, while Gussie and An...more
Into this mess stumbles Bertram Wooster. Bertie ends up, much against his will, engaged to La Bassett, while Gussie and An...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I first read this book, I kept having to stop in order to dance around my apartment with glee. I was literally jumping up and down in the kitchen, chanting "Gussie Fink-Nottle! Gussie Fink-Nottle!" (That's the name of one of the characters, by the way. He loves newts, orange juice and a girl named Madeline Bassett.)
For those of you who don't know, the Jeeves books are about a well-meaning but dim-witted British aristocrat named Bertie Wooster and his incredibly intelli...more
For those of you who don't know, the Jeeves books are about a well-meaning but dim-witted British aristocrat named Bertie Wooster and his incredibly intelli...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
Anyone who genuinely likes comedy. This does NOT include fans of Catherine Tate.
Jeeves, hand me my Thesaurus! This is going to require more than a few superlatives for me to even come close to accurately describing just how brilliant this book is.
This is, quite possibly, the funniest book I have ever read and most likely will ever read, what? The humour is astoundingly advanced for its time, and effortlessly eclipses most of the 'comedies' I’ve unwittingly subjected myself to over recent years - television included.
P.G. Wodehouse has such consiste...more
This is, quite possibly, the funniest book I have ever read and most likely will ever read, what? The humour is astoundingly advanced for its time, and effortlessly eclipses most of the 'comedies' I’ve unwittingly subjected myself to over recent years - television included.
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Read in January, 2009
Very funny. I almost laughed out loud several times. Its light and fast reading. Very relaxing. Now I am going to have to check out Jeeves and Wooster videos from the library.
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Read in June, 2008
I am on vacation, which means I have a hangover and am spending a lot of time on the bus. These are perfect conditions for a little Jeeves and Wooster.
"Right Ho, Jeeves" contains one of my favorite passages from Wodehouse, about singing in the bathtub and playing with a rubber duckie. Look for it.
It also contains one of the worst passages from Wodehouse...I was really shocked to see the phrase "nigger minstrel" show up right in the middle of one of w...more
"Right Ho, Jeeves" contains one of my favorite passages from Wodehouse, about singing in the bathtub and playing with a rubber duckie. Look for it.
It also contains one of the worst passages from Wodehouse...I was really shocked to see the phrase "nigger minstrel" show up right in the middle of one of w...more
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Read in February, 2009
P.G. Wodehouse's books featuring Bertram (Bertie) Wooster and his man servant Jeeves are hilarious enough as it is - frankly, perfect tonics for recession, unemployment, natural and man-inflicted disasters - but to listen to a Wooster / Jeeves book amps the tonic up to a wonderfully happy narcotic level. Living in southeast Michigan and working for a company experiencing serious economic woes made me jump at a chance to listen to this book, and it was perfect escapism. Bertie Wooster is an upp...more
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Loved this book. It's a great one to introduce people to Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. It's hilarious and well-written. I was smiling or smirking or laughing out loud on nearly every page. One of my favorite bits:
"Ah!" I said. "Your beetle," I explained. "No doubt you were unaware of it, but all this while there has been a beetle of sorts parked on the side of your head. You have now dislodged it."
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"Not beetle...more
"Ah!" I said. "Your beetle," I explained. "No doubt you were unaware of it, but all this while there has been a beetle of sorts parked on the side of your head. You have now dislodged it."
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"Beetles!"
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Read in January, 2010
I always enjoy Wodehouse books. This is a Bertie Wooster-Jeeves book with an oft repeated plot of folks getting engaged to the wrong person, Bertie messing up, and Jeeves coming to the rescue. Bertie's shy friend Gussie Finknottle is in love with Madeline Bassett but can't bring himself to propose. Bertie sends him to Aunt Dahlia's, where Madeline is visiting his cousin Angela, to take Bertie's place giving out school prizes. Angela breaks her engagement to Tuppy Glossop, another of Bertie's...more
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Read in December, 2009
You know what they say about the best laid plans of Bertie Wooster [1:]? So when Madeline Basset ends up accidentally engaged to Bertie instead of Gussie Fink-Nottle, his cousin Angela breaks up with Tuppy Glossop and the finest chef in England threatens to leave his Aunt Dahlia, it's up to Jeeves to untangle the knots and ensure that everything gets sorted out.
A couple of episodes of the Jeeves and Wooster TV series were based on this book but it's nice to see it in its full unabridge...more
A couple of episodes of the Jeeves and Wooster TV series were based on this book but it's nice to see it in its full unabridge...more
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Read in October, 2009
Reading Wodehouse is like sitting around drinking iced-tea on a sunny day; so easy to do and so very relaxing and enjoyable. In this full-length novel, Bertie Wooster is just returned from a holiday to France and wants time to recover. But his Aunt Dahlia wants him down at Brinkley Court, to give out prizes at the local grammar school. His old school chum, the newt-loving Gussy Finknottle, needs help winning over a girl. And his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, is displeased with the new dinner ja...more
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Listened to this one-the narratorr, Martin Jarvis, could probably make me laugh reading the 'phone book and with this material to work with he is screamingly funny. Poor Bertie is so polite that he never can say no (at least not for very long) when asked a favor or when told by a young lady that he is now engaged to her. Thus he gets well wrapped up in a goofy plot involving one of his indomitable aunts, two marriageable young ladies, a jealous friend from the Drones Club and another buddy Gu...more
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Read in November, 2009
I believe this is chronologically the second Wooster/Jeeves novel, behind _Thank You, Jeeves_ which is unhelpfully out of print (though I was able to find an epub version free online so I'll read that next).
This was my second Wodehouse book. I found it to be slightly less hilarious than _Code of the Woosters_ but extremely hilarious nevertheless. Perhaps it is less funny or perhaps the novelty of my first Wodehouse experience contributed to the hilarity.
I've been telling...more
This was my second Wodehouse book. I found it to be slightly less hilarious than _Code of the Woosters_ but extremely hilarious nevertheless. Perhaps it is less funny or perhaps the novelty of my first Wodehouse experience contributed to the hilarity.
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Read in January, 2010
This is my first full-length Jeeves and Wooster; I didn't actually know Wodehouse had written anything novel-length about them, because all my other exposure to this comic genius pair has been on the order of short stories.
In this stories, Bertie Wooster wrests the reins of genius from Jeeves, and complicates things horribly. Perhaps that's why the story is novel-length; it needed time to sort out the various messes.
Bertie is a delightfully daft upper-class ass, and his ...more
In this stories, Bertie Wooster wrests the reins of genius from Jeeves, and complicates things horribly. Perhaps that's why the story is novel-length; it needed time to sort out the various messes.
Bertie is a delightfully daft upper-class ass, and his ...more
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Read in December, 2009
I am really torn about how many stars to give this one.
I very nearly put it down halfway through, never to finish it. I begin to thing that P. G. Wodehouse is the Robert Jordan of the comic novel: he writes an excellent ending, but the set-up is 200% longer than it should be and either tedium-laced or cringe-worthy. (Compare this to my review of The Shadow Rising).
The first 2/3 or so of the book had some mildly amusing parts, but overall was tedious. Wooster thought hi...more
I very nearly put it down halfway through, never to finish it. I begin to thing that P. G. Wodehouse is the Robert Jordan of the comic novel: he writes an excellent ending, but the set-up is 200% longer than it should be and either tedium-laced or cringe-worthy. (Compare this to my review of The Shadow Rising).
The first 2/3 or so of the book had some mildly amusing parts, but overall was tedious. Wooster thought hi...more
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Read in July, 2008
How could you go wrong with a book that has all these humorous elements?
*scarlet tights (NOT worn by a woman)
*newt-obsessed school chums
*sensitive French chefs
*names like "Gussie Fink-Nottle" and "Tuppy Glossop"
*and, of course, questioningly fashionable white mess jackets
Yes, P.G. Wodehouse has created a gem in Bertram "Bertie" Wooster, our dramatic and blundering narrator. He and his butler Jeeves are the main characters in...more
*scarlet tights (NOT worn by a woman)
*newt-obsessed school chums
*sensitive French chefs
*names like "Gussie Fink-Nottle" and "Tuppy Glossop"
*and, of course, questioningly fashionable white mess jackets
Yes, P.G. Wodehouse has created a gem in Bertram "Bertie" Wooster, our dramatic and blundering narrator. He and his butler Jeeves are the main characters in...more
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Read in December, 2007
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No doubt buoyed by the success of his previous novel ‘Thank you, Jeeves’ Wodehouse sets about ‘Right Ho, Jeeves’ with his typical vim and vigour.
In this, the second and in an odd occurrence for Wodehouse, second consecutive Jeeves novel sees Bertie Wooster begin to question the infallibility of Jeeves. Bertie questions Jeeves methods in his counselling of Gussie Fink-Nottle in relation to Madeline Basset and also of Tuppy Glossop and his engagement to Bertie’s cousin Angela...more
In this, the second and in an odd occurrence for Wodehouse, second consecutive Jeeves novel sees Bertie Wooster begin to question the infallibility of Jeeves. Bertie questions Jeeves methods in his counselling of Gussie Fink-Nottle in relation to Madeline Basset and also of Tuppy Glossop and his engagement to Bertie’s cousin Angela...more
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"You are falling into your old error, Jeeves, of thinking that Gussie is a parrot. Fight against this. I shall add the oz." —
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"I don't want to wrong anybody, so I won't go so far as to say that she actually wrote poetry, but her conversation, to my mind, was of a nature calculated to excite the liveliest of suspicions. Well, I mean to say, when a girl suddenly asks you out of a blue sky if you don't sometimes feel that the stars are God's daisy-chain, you begin to think a bit." —
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