My Man Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is cool-headed and poised. This collection, the first book of Jeeves and Wooster stories, includes "Absent Treatment," "Helping Freddie," "Rallying Round Old George," "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good," "Fixing It for Freddie," and "Bertie Changes His Mind."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781973852384
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/27/2017
Pages:	90
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is one of the finest humorous writers of the English language. During his lifetime he wrote nearly 100 books, spent time working in finance in Hong Kong and Shanghai, wrote a number of musicals, and in 1975 he received a well-earned knighthood.

Date of Birth:

October 15, 1881

Date of Death:

February 14, 1975

Place of Birth:

Guildford, Surrey, England

Place of Death:

Southampton, New York

Education:

Dulwich College, 1894-1900

Table of Contents

Introduction
Leave it to Jeeves
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg
Absent Treatment
Helping Freddie
Rallying Round Old George
Doing Clarence a Bit of Good
The Aunt and the Sluggard

Editorial Reviews

"What ho!" I said.

"What ho!" said Motty.

"What ho! What ho!"

"What ho! What ho! What ho!"

After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation."

"Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff."

"The funny thing was that he wasn't altogether a fool in other ways. Deep down in him there was a kind of stratum of sense. I had known him, once or twice, show an almost human intelligence. But to reach that stratum, mind you, you needed dynamite."

― P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

From the Publisher

Boswell and Johnson, Watson and Holmes . . . Wooster and Jeeves? Yes, another inseparable duo, this one linked by bonds of need and comedy. Here, we find the ever cool and capable gentleman’s gentleman Jeeves pulling the hapless Bertie Wooster’s fat from the fire time and again in classic style. A motley clutch of buffoons accompanies Jeeves’s accounts of Wooster’s misunderstandings, gaffes, and backfiring plans. This enjoyable set is performed flawlessly and with great verisimilitude by Broadway’s Jeeves, Martin Jarvis. D.J.B. 2003 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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