Your first Wodehouse

[Sharon]

Mine was Leave it to Psmith! But after Bertie n Jeeves came by, I could never go bake to another PG character.

[D.C.J.]

Right Ho, Jeeves. - and still one of the best, re-read it recently and still chuckled as much as the first time round.

[Rollie]

Leave It to Psmith

That was the one my dad loaned me. I enjoyed it, but it was until much later when I got an Omnibus edition called simply Five Complete Novels that I really came to love Jeeves and Wooster. Later, the TV series rekindled my interest, and finding free eBooks of several volumes fed that interest. Now I am in the midst of taking down all the Jeeves and Wooster stories.

[Laura]

The Inimitable Jeeves. I nearly died laughing.

[Catharyn]

Uncle Fred in the Springtime...The perfect introduction!

[Laura]

Catharyn wrote: "Uncle Fred in the Springtime...The perfect introduction!"

I'm reading that at the moment. It's absolutely hysterical!

"I don't want eating eggs; I want throwing eggs!"

[Annag]

Quick Service. I was on my honeymoon and had just read The Name of The Rose -- what a heavy book. I found Quick Service in a bookstore and promptly fell in love -- my new husband was a bit jealous at how much attention Wodehouse received.

[Dan, Tenth Earl of Emsworth]

Annag wrote: "Quick Service. I was on my honeymoon and had just read The Name of The Rose -- what a heavy book. I found Quick Service in a bookstore and promptly fell in love -- my new husband was a bit jealou..."

That was the one with the Ham King in it, right?

[Annag]

I think so -- it's been years since I looked at it, but I can still remember the cheeky charm of the lead character -- Jeeves' intelligence in a handsome young man. Killer combination.

[Jason]

It was either The Mating Season or Jeeves in the Morning...I think. Whatever it was, I was hooked!

[Richard]

Jeeves & the Tie That Binds. Has permanently changed the way I read and write. I had never met a character like Bertie before...

[Mark]

cant recall the first wodehouse i read but the one that got me hooked was joy in the morning. i return to it every few years and each time i find it more enjoyable

[Aarti]

Right ho, Jeeves. Fell in love with Bertie and Jeeves immediately.

[Tom]

That's some 35 years ago, I suspect it was Do Butlers burgle banks, if it was not then probably Joy in the morning.

[Lucy]

"Right ho, Jeeves" was my first, followed by "Uncle Fred in the Springtime", which was the first Wodehouse novel that made me laugh out loud.

[Jason]

Lucy wrote: ""Right ho, Jeeves" was my first, followed by "Uncle Fred in the Springtime", which was the first Wodehouse novel that made me laugh out loud."

The Uncle Freds are dynamite!

[Holly]

My first Wodehouse was Thank You, Jeeves. I remember exactly how it looked: a tattered, dog-eared library discard with a faded red cover. Not a thing of beauty, outwardly, but oh the contents! After reading page one I was addicted. I read and reread the dashed thing, chuckling over favorite passages and carrying it with me all summer, wherever I went. In fact, several times I attracted undue attention on the bus by laughing out loud over B. Wooster's escapades. People looked at me as though I were mad! I was fifteen years old at the time, the perfect age for discovering Wodehouse.

[Bokeshi]

Mine was Something Fresh. Couldn't have asked for a better book to start with.

[Phillip]

Mine was either "Inimitable, Jeeves" or "Carry On, Jeeves". I read all of the Jeeves and Wooster stories when I was a teenager or in my twenties. Weirdly, I never looked at his other books because I believed no one could write anything else that good. The other day I finished reading my 63rd Woodhouse. I know because I cross them off and label what number they are.

[Stephen]

I actually only just started about a month ago with "The Code of the Woosters", plan to read more soon!

[Phillip]

Stephen wrote: "I actually only just started about a month ago with "The Code of the Woosters", plan to read more soon!" Welcome to the best club ever.

[Meghna]

Mine was Ring for Jeeves. Bertie Wooster doesn't feature in this one but it was a delight! I went hunting the series in chronological order after that.

[Jason]

Meghna wrote: "Mine was Ring for Jeeves. Bertie Wooster doesn't feature in this one but it was a delight! I went hunting the series in chronological order after that."

I haven't read Ring for Jeeves yet, so I'm curious how Wooster doesn't feature in a Jeeves story.

[Phillip]

Jason wrote: "Meghna wrote: "Mine was Ring for Jeeves. Bertie Wooster doesn't feature in this one but it was a delight! I went hunting the series in chronological order after that."

I haven't read Ring for Jeev..." Jeeves is away visiting relatives. Bertie is determined to show that he has a brain too. The more he follows his stategies the worse it makes things until his aunts insist upon calling on a higher power.

[Jason]

Phillip wrote: "Jason wrote: "Meghna wrote: "Mine was Ring for Jeeves. Bertie Wooster doesn't feature in this one but it was a delight! I went hunting the series in chronological order after that."

I haven't read..."

Sooo, Jeeves is the one who doesn't feature in this story.

[W]

I think my first Wodehouse was Aunts Aren't Gentlemen.I discovered Wodehouse by chance,my library had acquired a stash of his books.I borrowed a couple,but at first couldn't muster much interest in these rather unusual books.
Then,for some reason,the library closed and these books remained with me for a couple of months.When I finally read them,I liked them a lot and read all the others in the library.
After that,I began buying those Wodehouse books which the library didn't have.This went on for years.Still have them after decades,and continue to enjoy them these days,too.