Martin Jarvis again lends his talents to the works of Wodehouse, this time delivering an outstanding rendition of the misadventures of Bertie Wooster and his indispensable valet, Jeeves. We follow Bertie from one madcap exploit to the next, as he and Jeeves attempt to navigate a wacky world replete with love triangles, meddling aunts and irate chefs, and populated by the likes of Gussie Fink-Nottle, the renowned newt fancier; the gluttonous Tuppy Glossop; and the loopy Madeline Bassett. When a controversial addition to the young master's wardrobe begins to undermine Bertie's relationship with Jeeves, will Bertie be able to go it alone and extricate himself from imbroglio after imbroglio? Jarvis shines; his portrayal of Bertie, Jeeves and the entire bizarre cast is meticulous. (Aug.)
Right Ho, Jeeves
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P. G. Wodehouse— 7 hours, 56 minutes
Right Ho, Jeeves
Narrated by LibriVox Community
P. G. Wodehouse— 7 hours, 56 minutes
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Overview
Bertram Wooster's manservant, Jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie's friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. But Wooster, jealous of Jeeves's fame, decides to step in and take over as the fixer of his pal's engagement, his aunt's gambling debts and old school-mate's desire to propose marriage. How far will Bertie sink them all in the soup? Will Jeeves come to the rescue? "Right Ho, Jeeves" features of course Bertie and Jeeves as well as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Tuppie Glossop, Aunt Dahlia and Anatole the high-strung French chef in this P.G. Wodehouse farce of England's upper crust. (Summary by Mark Nelson)
Editorial Reviews
"Oh, how I love Wodehouse! Ever-surprising in his repetitiousness, never failing to delight, always making us safe in his breezy world. It is paradoxical that Wodehouse should give me so much comfort when he also makes me feel how mean and shabby my life is each time I emerge from one of his novels."
"Wodehouse is the funniest writer—that is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of fun—that the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced."
"A brilliantly funny writer—perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced."
"I don’t know if I’ve ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from Right Ho, Jeeves. It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up."
"Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in."
"The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time."
"The masterly episode where Gussie Fink-Nottle presents the prizes at Market Snodsbury grammar school is frequently included in collections of great comic literature and has often been described as the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language. I would urge you, however, to head straight for a library or bookshop and get hold of the complete novel Right Ho, Jeeves, where you will encounter it fully in context and find that it leaps even more magnificently to life."
"You should read Wodehouse when you’re well, and when you’re poorly; when you’re travelling, and when you’re not; when you’re feeling clever, and when you’re feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already."
"I don't want to wrong anybody, so I won't go so far as to say that she actually wrote poetry, but her conversation, to my mind, was of a nature calculated to excite the liveliest of suspicions. Well, I mean to say, when a girl suddenly asks you out of a blue sky if you don't sometimes feel that the stars are God's daisy-chain, you begin to think a bit."
"It isn't often that Aunt Dahlia lets her angry passions rise, but when she does, strong men climb trees and pull them up after them."
"What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very
different things."
― P.G. Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves
[Jarvis is] the Olivier of book readers.
Idle young Bertie Wooster, embroiled in other people's romances and his aunt's financial difficulties, can only be extricated by his astute manservant, Jeeves, in this 1930s comedy. Martin Jarvis, a fine reader and voice actor, shows effortless comic timing, variety, and ability to express thoughts and feelings. His Bertie is excellent, with the proper mixture of sprightliness, goofiness, decency, and conceit. But Bertie and Jeeves, the two main voices, are similar, and one is conscious of one man reading two parts. Some of the other voices are not fully convincing. But, overall, Jarvis's energy and skill make for a bright and amusing performance of a bright and amusing book. W.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169104837 |
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| Publisher: | LibriVox |
| Publication date: | 08/25/2014 |
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