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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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Need a good, hearty laugh during these strange, dark days? I encourage you to seek out Jeeves.
Jeeves is the valet to rich and idle Bertie Wooster. Jeeves is extremely clever, described by author P. G. Wodehouse as "a walking Encyclopedia Britannica." Wooster, as Jeeves' boss, is both pompous and unaware of Jeeves' true worth. It's the wonderful, deferential relationship between the servant and his master that sparks the comedy in the story.
Completely delightful. ...more
Jeeves is the valet to rich and idle Bertie Wooster. Jeeves is extremely clever, described by author P. G. Wodehouse as "a walking Encyclopedia Britannica." Wooster, as Jeeves' boss, is both pompous and unaware of Jeeves' true worth. It's the wonderful, deferential relationship between the servant and his master that sparks the comedy in the story.
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Bertie Wooster is at his fumbling best in this engaging story. One engagement is broken and needs to be mended, a second engagement may never happen if Bertie's friend, Gussie Fink-Nottle is not somehow "bucked up." Aunt Dahlia has lost big at baccarat and now must get Uncle Thomas to bankroll her women's magazine. It's up to Bertie and Jeeves to set the world right and of course, they do so in most ridiculous fashion.
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I will forever be looking for a story that makes me laugh out loud as much as this one did. Even after finishing the book, I go back to certain passages just for the laugh. P. G. Wodehouse's story-telling is brilliant. I'm grateful to Christopher Hitchens for introducing me to Wodehouse and his oeuvre.
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Jan 31, 2011
SarahC
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Somehow I keep thinking that Bertie Wooster and many of his connections must be relatives of mine somehow in some alternative fictional world. Oh, well, either way, another fun time spent in Bertie’s artlessly charming company and in the wonderfully witty and barbed muchness of the English language.
It doesn't hurt to reread P G Wodehouse. This time I'm listening to it. I'm not crazy about the narrator of my edition, and I gather there are many from which to choose. His voices for Jeeves and Aunt Dahlia and the rest are fine, but it's a little too old-sounding for Bertie. And his cadence is off; there are weird pauses, as if he's really resting at commas or at every prepositional phrase. However. You can never go wrong with Bertie or Jeeves in any guise.
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Another read on my iPhone's Serial app. Jeeves shows himself up to the task!
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Absofuckinglutely hilarious. Wodehouse's prose is glorious; it makes you laugh out loud, and induces you to compulsively read lines to your family and friends. The plot's also quite fun---just a rollicking good time.
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Aug 28, 2007
Kay
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Nov 05, 2015
Terri
marked it as vaca-home-library
