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The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 2
Jeeves may not always see eye to eye with Bertie on ties and fancy waistcoats, but he can always be relied on to whisk his young master spotlessly out of the soup (even if, for tactical reasons, he did drop him in it in the first place). The paragon of Gentlemen's Personal Gentlemen shimmers through these fat pages in much the same way as he did through the first Jeeves Omnibus. This volume contains one brilliant collection of short stories and two hilarious novels: Right Ho, Jeeves, Joy in the Morning and Carry On, Jeeves.
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First published January 1, 1990
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P.G. Wodehouse
1,707 books6,952 followersSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read over 40 years after his death. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of prewar English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career.
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
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April 22, 2020
I say old boy are stuck in the house too?
I am sorry Jeeves old fruit but just got to play my uckalaie
I am sorry sir but I sat on it yesterday afternoon
Oh Jeeves what am to do now on lock down?
Read good book sir
I am sorry Jeeves old fruit but just got to play my uckalaie
I am sorry sir but I sat on it yesterday afternoon
Oh Jeeves what am to do now on lock down?
Read good book sir
February 22, 2025
A reread of one of Wodehouse's undoubted masterpieces, Right Ho, Jeeves is probably my favourite of all the Jeeves and Woosters. The rest of Wodehouse's books - Blandings Castle, Psmith, etc. - I don't find that entertaining or even that well-written. But these...It isn't that he writes in perfect sentences or perfect paragraphs or even perfect pages. He writes in perfect chapters, with not a single misplaced word from start to finish. From a technical point of view, one of English Literature's greatest novelists.
Actually, I've just read the folio edition of Joy in the Morning. But I can't find it on here, so I'm using this book to leave the review.
Not one of the master's greatest J&W's, but still a superb read, with some corking dialogue and hilarious situations. Always a welcome relief when one is halfway through a turgid book (see Home page!). Back to that one now, unfortunately.
Actually, I've just read the folio edition of Joy in the Morning. But I can't find it on here, so I'm using this book to leave the review.
Not one of the master's greatest J&W's, but still a superb read, with some corking dialogue and hilarious situations. Always a welcome relief when one is halfway through a turgid book (see Home page!). Back to that one now, unfortunately.
July 20, 2018
It's PG Wodehouse. It's Jeeves and Wooster. The best doesn't need a review.
March 3, 2019
Contains two of my absolute favourites.
December 27, 2021
The second volume of Jeeves novels (and short stories in this case) proves as delightful and hilarious as the first. If anything the novels Right Ho, Jeeves and Joy In The Morning find Wodehouse on finer form than before.
In Right Ho, Jeeves, Bertie determines to solve a series of blunders without the assistance of Jeeves, with predictably disastrous, almost Rube Goldberg-esque results. Whereas Joy In The Morning finds him compelled to visit Steeple Bumpleigh, a place he loathes so much that he considers it cursed, and he tries to survive the ensuing mishaps by any means (or Jeeves) necessary. Both novels are intricately plotted, funny and fresh, despite playing in the Jeeves and Wooster sandbox that only seems to extend as far as longed for engagements, unwanted engagements, social embarrassments and aunts. It is occasionally possible to mix up your Tuppy Glossops with your Gussie Fink-Nottles, but this doesn’t do the farce any harm.
The collection Carry On, Jeeves (in addition to the novels) does threaten to drown quality in quantity, with ten smaller tales of social embarrassment narrowly avoided, but there’s no denying the skill that goes into them. The setting shifts away from Britain entirely for some, and one is even told from the point of view of Jeeves, which is a fun novelty.
It’s a great and juicy anthology, though perhaps one to come back to periodically for fear of overdoing it.
In Right Ho, Jeeves, Bertie determines to solve a series of blunders without the assistance of Jeeves, with predictably disastrous, almost Rube Goldberg-esque results. Whereas Joy In The Morning finds him compelled to visit Steeple Bumpleigh, a place he loathes so much that he considers it cursed, and he tries to survive the ensuing mishaps by any means (or Jeeves) necessary. Both novels are intricately plotted, funny and fresh, despite playing in the Jeeves and Wooster sandbox that only seems to extend as far as longed for engagements, unwanted engagements, social embarrassments and aunts. It is occasionally possible to mix up your Tuppy Glossops with your Gussie Fink-Nottles, but this doesn’t do the farce any harm.
The collection Carry On, Jeeves (in addition to the novels) does threaten to drown quality in quantity, with ten smaller tales of social embarrassment narrowly avoided, but there’s no denying the skill that goes into them. The setting shifts away from Britain entirely for some, and one is even told from the point of view of Jeeves, which is a fun novelty.
It’s a great and juicy anthology, though perhaps one to come back to periodically for fear of overdoing it.
December 28, 2017
Two volumes into these hefty paperbacks I picked up some fifteen years ago, and the quality of Wodehouse's Jeeves books remains high enough that a) I wished I'd got around to them much, much sooner and b) there's a strong chance I'll have run through the remaining three volumes by the end of, oh, March at the latest.
'Right Ho, Jeeves' is a proper Wodehouse classic. The second full length Jeeves novel, heavily featuring two of the Jeeves canon's very best characters, Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Bassett, there's all sorts of romantically-charged charging about in the countryside, Gussie's monumentally ill-judged, drunken prizegiving speech at the local grammar school (pages 143 to 151), Bertie's moonlit bike ride and, of course, Jeeves' triumph. A glorious book.
'Joy in the Morning' is less of a success. While still greatly amusing, it's supporting cast of characters, the fearsome Florence Craye, Lord Worplesdon, Boko Fittleworth and Stilton Cheesewright are far from the pick of the bunch and at times, the book even drags a little.
Finally, 'Carry on Jeeves' ends things on a high note. A collection of short stories rather than a coherent novel, it's sheer variety of characters and settings, and each story never outstaying its welcome, are its main strength. From New York to Paris to London to Cambridge and the seaside at Dorset, Bertie and his faithful valet/guardian are kept busy sorting out the romantic, social and legal affairs of a host of friends and acquaintances. Even the final story, 'Bertie Changes His Mind' is an excellent one, despite abandoning the usual Woosterisms of the narrator and instead telling the story from Jeeves' viewpoint.
Taken together, this is another great selection of Wodehouse's work with his finest creations.
'Right Ho, Jeeves' is a proper Wodehouse classic. The second full length Jeeves novel, heavily featuring two of the Jeeves canon's very best characters, Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Bassett, there's all sorts of romantically-charged charging about in the countryside, Gussie's monumentally ill-judged, drunken prizegiving speech at the local grammar school (pages 143 to 151), Bertie's moonlit bike ride and, of course, Jeeves' triumph. A glorious book.
'Joy in the Morning' is less of a success. While still greatly amusing, it's supporting cast of characters, the fearsome Florence Craye, Lord Worplesdon, Boko Fittleworth and Stilton Cheesewright are far from the pick of the bunch and at times, the book even drags a little.
Finally, 'Carry on Jeeves' ends things on a high note. A collection of short stories rather than a coherent novel, it's sheer variety of characters and settings, and each story never outstaying its welcome, are its main strength. From New York to Paris to London to Cambridge and the seaside at Dorset, Bertie and his faithful valet/guardian are kept busy sorting out the romantic, social and legal affairs of a host of friends and acquaintances. Even the final story, 'Bertie Changes His Mind' is an excellent one, despite abandoning the usual Woosterisms of the narrator and instead telling the story from Jeeves' viewpoint.
Taken together, this is another great selection of Wodehouse's work with his finest creations.
April 27, 2013
You simply cannot go wrong with a Wodehouse book. It's like my father says, "He makes the mind smile".
I read this omnibus many years ago and it took me forever to finish because of it's sheer size(and my useless attention span) but it's got a marvelous collection of stories that are guaranteed to tickle your brains and keep you chuckling from cover to cover.
Now I wouldn't recommend this particular book to those who've never read P.G. Wodehouse before because it's a bit of a giant and getting through it could seem like a daunting task but if you're already a Jeeves/Wooster fan like I am, your collection will certainly be incomplete without this one.
I read this omnibus many years ago and it took me forever to finish because of it's sheer size(and my useless attention span) but it's got a marvelous collection of stories that are guaranteed to tickle your brains and keep you chuckling from cover to cover.
Now I wouldn't recommend this particular book to those who've never read P.G. Wodehouse before because it's a bit of a giant and getting through it could seem like a daunting task but if you're already a Jeeves/Wooster fan like I am, your collection will certainly be incomplete without this one.
August 31, 2015
You don't analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour :), Very apt for PG Wodehouse books, esp the Jeeves omnibuses. Not only are the books written in exquisite language but they also never fail to amuse you to say the least.
Only one last thing to add, Read and laugh away. There will never be a case where you have finished one of Jeeves book with a sullen mood.
Only one last thing to add, Read and laugh away. There will never be a case where you have finished one of Jeeves book with a sullen mood.
January 14, 2020
Found at a tiny take-one-leave-one library. One of only a few English-language books there. I read it over the Christmas holidays. Laughed out loud often enough that my 8 year old son asked me to start marking the funny bits. The plots are a bit thin and predictable after the second or third story, but the dialogue and turns of expression--I've never seen their equal. So good.
June 11, 2023
Feel a bit bad as claiming this as a scalp for my reading as I’ve reviewed and read all three separate books as they came up in this anthology. To be clear, you get:
Right Ho, Jeeves
- A pretty good story concerning the Market Snodsbury Prize giving by Gussie Fink-Nottle, while one over the eight
Joy In The Morning
- this is singularly the best of the bunch, Concerning as it does our Heroes’ mishaps in Steeple Bumpleigh
Carry on Jeeves
- An anthology of 10 Jeeves and Wooster short stories, the last of which is written from Jeeve’s perspective.
The first two are well worth the price of admission alone.
Right Ho, Jeeves
- A pretty good story concerning the Market Snodsbury Prize giving by Gussie Fink-Nottle, while one over the eight
Joy In The Morning
- this is singularly the best of the bunch, Concerning as it does our Heroes’ mishaps in Steeple Bumpleigh
Carry on Jeeves
- An anthology of 10 Jeeves and Wooster short stories, the last of which is written from Jeeve’s perspective.
The first two are well worth the price of admission alone.
March 8, 2024
I liked the first book of the three in this omnibus, but I just couldn’t get into the second and didn’t have the enthusiasm to finish it. I may go back later and try the third, but for now I’ll put it back on the shelf.
August 21, 2018
Enjoyed it more than Vol.1. Many of the stories in Vol 1 got references to the incidents in this volume. Loved it!
January 7, 2021
Exquisite, period comedy perfection.
July 10, 2023
Rating 5
Read the stories individually and also have them in this omnibus.
Only entering a rating here to try and stop myself buying another copy of this book
Read the stories individually and also have them in this omnibus.
Only entering a rating here to try and stop myself buying another copy of this book
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July 30, 2023The english language made lyrical, the incompetent gentleman made charming. Everyone should read Wodehouse if only to giggle
November 5, 2023
Fulfills my need to be a layabout millionaire gadding about the town with the lads and returning home to a delightful snifter and a totally not in love with me valet.
January 23, 2024
The Jeeves Omnibus Vol. 2: (Right Ho, Jeeves / Joy in the Morning / Carry On, Jeeves) is another wonderful book by the amazing P.G. Wodehouse. It comprises two full-length books followed by a series of short stories. If you've read any Jeeves and Wooster books, you'll know the story. One of Bertie's pals gets in the pickle, and it is up to Jeeves to get them out of it in some ingenious way, which leads Bertie to give up some inappropriate outfit.
While the formula may be tried and tested, the stories stand alone. They are consistently excellently written, with superb casts of characters and hilarious moments. I particularly enjoyed one of the short stories, which gives a peep behind the curtain by being written from Jeeves' point of view.
It's worth every penny, and I'll be picking up the next one shortly.
While the formula may be tried and tested, the stories stand alone. They are consistently excellently written, with superb casts of characters and hilarious moments. I particularly enjoyed one of the short stories, which gives a peep behind the curtain by being written from Jeeves' point of view.
It's worth every penny, and I'll be picking up the next one shortly.
March 23, 2025
Fantastic set!
March 31, 2025
Funny as usual, apart from 2 novels it has some short stories. One of them is from Jeeves POV, which was nice.
I found it a little less enjoyable than The Jeeves Omnibus Vol 1, hence 3 stars.
I found it a little less enjoyable than The Jeeves Omnibus Vol 1, hence 3 stars.
August 12, 2025
This is a collection of Jeeves and Wooster Books. If you like PG Wodehouse then you will like these books.
October 10, 2018
Light as air and delightful. Perfect holiday read.
November 25, 2022
The three books in this omnibus are: ‘Right Ho, Jeeves’, ‘Joy in the Morning’, and ‘Carry On, Jeeves’.
The first of these takes place at Bertie Wooster’s Aunt Dahlia’s country home. As ever there are complex relationships and quite a few people. Bertie determines to sort out his friends and their romantic entanglements, only to make things worse before his valet Jeeves, as ever, solves the problems.
‘Joy in the Morning’ mostly takes place in Steeple Bumpleigh, where Bertie’s least favourite aunt Agatha lives. This daunting lady doesn’t come into the story, but her second husband Percy does, as does his ward, whose nickname is Nobby. To add a bit of variety, Bertie is also plagued by the young teenager Edwin, who is in the Boy Scouts and determined to do ‘acts of kindness’ every day, whether or not the recipient wants him to…
All familiar stuff to those brought up on these stories, though perhaps bewildering to anyone unfamiliar with them. The humour is dry; I love it, but it won't appeal to everyone.
The final book of the three, ‘Carry On, Jeeves’, is a collection of short stories. Many describe incidents which were referred to in passing in one of the others. We discover, for instance, how Bertie was persuaded to give a speech (of sorts) at a girls’ school, how his Aunt Dahlia acquired the gifted cook Anatole, and how Bertie came to write an article for his aunt’s magazine.
I wondered if I would get a bit tired of the Wodehouse style reading three books in a row, but it didn’t happen at all. They make excellent bedtime reading, taking me back to a society that no longer exists. The plots are clever, if tending towards the ridiculous, and the dialogue between Jeeves and Wooster very enjoyable.
Highly recommended to anyone who likes this kind of satire.
The first of these takes place at Bertie Wooster’s Aunt Dahlia’s country home. As ever there are complex relationships and quite a few people. Bertie determines to sort out his friends and their romantic entanglements, only to make things worse before his valet Jeeves, as ever, solves the problems.
‘Joy in the Morning’ mostly takes place in Steeple Bumpleigh, where Bertie’s least favourite aunt Agatha lives. This daunting lady doesn’t come into the story, but her second husband Percy does, as does his ward, whose nickname is Nobby. To add a bit of variety, Bertie is also plagued by the young teenager Edwin, who is in the Boy Scouts and determined to do ‘acts of kindness’ every day, whether or not the recipient wants him to…
All familiar stuff to those brought up on these stories, though perhaps bewildering to anyone unfamiliar with them. The humour is dry; I love it, but it won't appeal to everyone.
The final book of the three, ‘Carry On, Jeeves’, is a collection of short stories. Many describe incidents which were referred to in passing in one of the others. We discover, for instance, how Bertie was persuaded to give a speech (of sorts) at a girls’ school, how his Aunt Dahlia acquired the gifted cook Anatole, and how Bertie came to write an article for his aunt’s magazine.
I wondered if I would get a bit tired of the Wodehouse style reading three books in a row, but it didn’t happen at all. They make excellent bedtime reading, taking me back to a society that no longer exists. The plots are clever, if tending towards the ridiculous, and the dialogue between Jeeves and Wooster very enjoyable.
Highly recommended to anyone who likes this kind of satire.
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August 12, 2011More of the same stuff, really, which is by now wearing a bit thin having read Jeeves Omnibus No. 1 as well. This omnibus is made up of the novels 'Right Ho, Jeeves', 'Joy in the Morning' and 'Carry On, Jeeves', the latter beeing a selection of short stories. In 'Right Ho, Jeeves', Bertie is again called down to some coutry estate to mend a rift between two lovers. Complications and comedy ensue until everything is straightened out by Jeeves. A variation on this theme is also the plot in 'Joy in the Morning', along with rather a few of the stories concerning Jeeves and Wooster, and by now one could be inclined to think that Wodehouse was flogging the dead horse rather a bit too much. Perhaps collecting the J & W stories in omnibuses like these is not such a great idea after all, as the similarities between the stories becomes hard to miss. They would have been better enjoyed separately, perhaps, with enough time in between to let the mind forget the finer details of each story. The last novel, then, 'Carry on, Jeeves", beeing a collection of short stories, offers a bit more variation, as the author apparently does not find it necessary to put Bertie Wooster in a courtry estate to have enough material to fill the pages, making for a greater variety in the stories' plots. Still full of tea, tweed and jolly old England, but I might have to read a few books of a very different nature becore I return to the third Jeeves Omnibus.
February 12, 2017
I cannot recall laughing so much whilst reading a book, loved all the stories in this omnibus.
April 29, 2008
i'm actually reading the second omnibus first bc i'm trying to read the actual novels included in the omnibus' in order.
right ho, jeeves (4th book): read this one also in life with jeeves. helped to spawn my jeeves addiction.
joy in the morning (7th book)
carry on jeeves (2nd book): currently reading this one now. very good. i actually like the short story jeeves books more than the straight novel ones. finished, and the last story was weird in that it was written from jeeves pov. interesting, but weird.
right ho, jeeves (4th book): read this one also in life with jeeves. helped to spawn my jeeves addiction.
joy in the morning (7th book)
carry on jeeves (2nd book): currently reading this one now. very good. i actually like the short story jeeves books more than the straight novel ones. finished, and the last story was weird in that it was written from jeeves pov. interesting, but weird.
February 24, 2014
'Right Ho, Jeeves' is one of my favourite Jeeves stories ending with Bertie's bicycle ride in the dark.
'Joy in the Morning' isn't as good IMO. Jeeves seemed a bit out of character to me in this story - for example, he steals a policeman's uniform and lies outrageously to a Justice of Peace at the end. But it is still a funny read. I would give this story 4 stars.
'Carry on, Jeeves' is a collection of 10 short stories, including my all-time favourite one when Bertie Wooster gives a speech at the girls' school.
'Joy in the Morning' isn't as good IMO. Jeeves seemed a bit out of character to me in this story - for example, he steals a policeman's uniform and lies outrageously to a Justice of Peace at the end. But it is still a funny read. I would give this story 4 stars.
'Carry on, Jeeves' is a collection of 10 short stories, including my all-time favourite one when Bertie Wooster gives a speech at the girls' school.
March 9, 2020
The Jeeves "Omnibus" editions are unusual in that the publishers chose not to include the books in the 'right' order. It's not essential, but certainly adds to the humour to read them consecutively!
Nevertheless, this is a bumper collection with two of the most satisfying novels - Right Ho, Jeeves and Joy in the Morning - along with the amusing-enough short story collection Carry On, Jeeves.
Nevertheless, this is a bumper collection with two of the most satisfying novels - Right Ho, Jeeves and Joy in the Morning - along with the amusing-enough short story collection Carry On, Jeeves.
August 24, 2012
Classic humor! The book is filled with clever anecdotes brewed with the infamous sarcastic Brit banter. This one's a laugh riot with the incomparable Jeeves and Wooster! It is my happy sunny day packaged in a book.
January 15, 2008
Reading for the umpteenth time
September 3, 2008
What a shame I can only give Plum 5 stars.
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