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2007
by 1st World Library - Literary Society
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Hardcover, 316 pages
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1421832941
(isbn13: 9781421832944)
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Jeeves, I said, "may I speak frankly?" "Certainly, sir." "What I have to say may wound you." "Not at al...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's m...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's m...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
recommended to Jen by:
my entire family
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 Angela pro...more
Into this mess stumbles Bertram Wooster. Bertie ends up, much against his will, engaged to La Bassett, while Gussie and Angela pro...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think any writer has delighted me as P.G. Wodehouse. My husband will attest to the fact that when I first read this particular book, I kept stopping to dance around the 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 books are about a bumbling Br...more
For those of you who don't know, the books are about a bumbling Br...more
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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 the book's funnie
"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 the book's funnie
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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 this comedic masterpiece wh...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 this comedic masterpiece wh...more
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone
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. Bertie...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. Bertie...more
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Read in October, 2007
This book came on the recommendation of Dr. Flannery, and was well worth the read. The narrator is a British nobleman by the name of Bertram Wooster who is more or less your run of the mill, clueless yet lovable aristocrat. If it weren't for his brilliant butler Jeeves he would find himself in heaps of harmless but socially compromising trouble. The book is purely of fun read. If you're ever down and looking for a pre-bedtime read that will make you laugh out loud Wodehouse is your author. ...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 consistently amazing pro...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.
P.G. Wodehouse has such consistently amazing pro...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who enjoys Wodehouse
Absolutely hysterical. After being a bit disappointed with "Carry On, Jeeves," I was pleasantly surprised with "Right Ho, Jeeves." Bertie Wooster and Jeeves remain firmly as my most beloved literary characters
While the Jeeves Stories are typically quite formulaic (darling Bertie Wooster getting himself 'in the soup,' ensuing chaos, and the inevitable brilliant resolution by Jeeves), Wodehouse is a master of true English humor. Both the outright and subtle humor of his wri...more
While the Jeeves Stories are typically quite formulaic (darling Bertie Wooster getting himself 'in the soup,' ensuing chaos, and the inevitable brilliant resolution by Jeeves), Wodehouse is a master of true English humor. Both the outright and subtle humor of his wri...more
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Read in January, 1982
PG Wodehouse is without doubt, one of my favourite authors. If I'm ever feeling depressed, I can simply take down one of his many titles almost at random and it will cheer me up in no time. For someone to create not one but two massively intricate fictional worlds (Jeeves & Wooster and Blandings Castle), not to mention countless stand-alone novels, takes a level of ability way beyond most writers. And that's without even taking into...more
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Read in February, 1984
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.
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 thing. I'm sure that throu...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 thing. I'm sure that throu...more
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This book is my first foray into the world of PG Wodehouse, and it won't be my last. Right Ho, Jeeves, written in 1934, is the first sequel to Thank You, Jeeves. In total, 11 Jeeves & Wooster novels were written from 1934 to 1974 as well as numerous short stories.
Jeeves is the personal valet of Bertram Wooster, a rich London socialite. Wooster is good-hearted, but can be clueless and somewhat exasperating at times. Wooster has a knack for making a mess of everything around him. Bu...more
Jeeves is the personal valet of Bertram Wooster, a rich London socialite. Wooster is good-hearted, but can be clueless and somewhat exasperating at times. Wooster has a knack for making a mess of everything around him. Bu...more
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Read in July, 2008
One love pentagon, an upset French chef, gambled away money, and a fiasco of a boy's school awards assembly . . . it's a good thing Jeeves is there to sort it all out. The full length format gave Wodehouse plenty of time to develop the plot and the writing is as fantastic as always. Madeline Basset is one of my favorite re-occurring characters and it was good to have her back -- how else could we be reminded that the stars are "God's daisy chain" (or were they tears shed by lonely fa...more
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Wodehouse rules from a comic fortress no other author has ever occupied, though few have laid siege--only to starve themselves. While this isn't my favorite Jeeves and Wooster adventure, it is still Jeeves and Wooster, and to date these two characters have never failed to entertain me. The charmingly brilliant idiocy of Bertie Wooster is on full display here, while Jeeves, as faithful a manservant as ever, looks on bemusedly from the sidelines. A nice romp of a novel about disgruntled engagemen...more
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Read in September, 2008
This Wodehouse chap appears to have derived a considerable living from scrivening vile libels against an estimable and entirely clubable gentleman of the best breeding. Our hero's every undertaking, despite a purity of motive and gallantry of action, is rendered, under Wodehousian scrutiny, as folly and worse. The English upper class has weathered quite enough gales unleashed by Fabians and Bolsheviks; this contemptible Wodehouse applies stilletto-sharp ridicule quite traitorously against his ...more
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Read in April, 2007
Funny, funny.
...."'But have no fear, Aunt Dahlia, I will fix everything.'
I have alluded earlier to the difficulty of staggering when you're sitting down, showing that it is a feat of which I, personally, am not capable. Aunt Dahlia, to my amazement, now did it apparently without an effort. She was well wedged into a deep arm-chair, but, nevertheless, she staggered like billy-o. A sort of spasm of horror and apprehension contorted her face.
'If you dare to try any more of your lunat...more
...."'But have no fear, Aunt Dahlia, I will fix everything.'
I have alluded earlier to the difficulty of staggering when you're sitting down, showing that it is a feat of which I, personally, am not capable. Aunt Dahlia, to my amazement, now did it apparently without an effort. She was well wedged into a deep arm-chair, but, nevertheless, she staggered like billy-o. A sort of spasm of horror and apprehension contorted her face.
'If you dare to try any more of your lunat...more
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From Chapter Ten:
"Oh, look," she said. She was a confirmed Oh-looker. I had noticed this at Cannes, where she had drawn my attention in this manner on various occasions to such diverse objects as a French actress, a Provençal filling station, the sunset over the Estorels, Michael Arlen, a man selling coloured spectacles, the deep velvet blue of the Mediterranean, and the late mayor of New York in a striped one-piece bathing suit. "Oh, look at that sweet little star up there a...more
"Oh, look," she said. She was a confirmed Oh-looker. I had noticed this at Cannes, where she had drawn my attention in this manner on various occasions to such diverse objects as a French actress, a Provençal filling station, the sunset over the Estorels, Michael Arlen, a man selling coloured spectacles, the deep velvet blue of the Mediterranean, and the late mayor of New York in a striped one-piece bathing suit. "Oh, look at that sweet little star up there a...more
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