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May 26, 2014 01:27PM
Last year I was participating in A to Z (author surname) reading challenge and I picked up Wodehouse's Carry on, Jeeves from a library.
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Oddly enough, I discovered Wodehouse via the collection of short stories called "The Man Upstairs", which was assigned in high school. The Fry & Laurie J&W followed soon after...then it was all over - I was a fan. :)
Wart wrote: "You got to read Wodehouse for school?! Super jealous right now! <3"I did! But don't be too jealous, despite the amazing book choice, my teacher that year was the worst. She ended up failing me. Had to take gr.9 English all over again. :(
Now that I think of it, university is distinctly lacking in Wodehouse. If I ever become a prof, I shall remedy this. It would be great for a Queer Theory class.
Wart wrote: "Omg. Watching Jeeves and Wooster is like a lesson in how to do gay subtext. Like. Seriously."I know it is grand! What is best about it, is the lack of judgements on their relationship and that Jeeves so masterly disassembles every marriage possibility. So good.
Wart wrote: "Haha, they're so subtle. Well Jeeves is. Bertie wouldn't know subtle if it were engaged to him. That's why he has Jeeves."Didn't Bertie (view spoiler) in Faulk's book?
I got into Wodehouse through a few avenues. One was while stalking Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry's careers and saw Jeeves and Wooster. Immediately fell in love with the zany antics of the characters and the flawless wit of the storytelling. Interested in finding out the origins of these characters I was told it was Wodehouse.I'm a huge Harry Potter fan so watching the careers of the various HP movie actors led me to watching Blandings, with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders, which I loved. Again seeing the Wodehouse signature made me even more interested in his writings.
Then finally, one of my fave authors Gail Carriger listed Wodehouse as one of her inspirations. That was the final decider. I immediately set out in search of the Wodehouse collection and I have not been disappointed so far.
His characters are charming and likeable and the writing is so light and interesting.
My father was a fan and bought a Wooster and Jeeves omnibus hardback for me. I ate it up and chuckled constantly. This brand of humor quite appealed to me. Now that my father has passed it is a connection that is ever more precious.
A lot of people recommended him to me as a really humorous author. I read the first and it has only made me hungry for more!
I found out about Wodehouse through Ogden Nash (highly recommended, by the way). He's got a poem called "P. G. Wooster, Just as he Useter", praising Wodehouse's books. Of course I couldn't ignore my favorite poet's favorite author, so I picked up The Code of the Woosters and am now thoroughly hooked.
I found Wodehouse through my sister, and that led to a series on tv to be followed by his books.
My grandmother was a fan and one day I picked up a book she was reading. I was hooked.
I read my first Wodehouses, Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and psmith, when I was eleven. I was a big fan of the Jennings books by Anthony buckeridge, and was looking for other funny school stories, and these looked good.
I used to do a lot of driving, six hours every week, and I passed the time listening to audiobooks. I found "Carry On, Jeeves" read by Martin Jarvis, and loved every second of it. That led me to "Code of the Woosters" read by Jonathan Cecil, and I never looked back.
i love Jonathan Cecil's readings, so funny. he was a friend of my late brother, and I remember my brother telling me that Jonathan cecil said they were the most succesful thing he had ever done.
I discovered Wodehouse through British Library.
For me I watched the series. Then I started reading the books.
Nate wrote: "I found out about Wodehouse through Ogden Nash (highly recommended, by the way). He's got a poem called "P. G. Wooster, Just as he Useter", praising Wodehouse's books. Of course I couldn't ignore m..."Ah! Never knew about that poem. It's great. Thanks for sharing!
