Thank You, Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

"P. G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century." —Sebastian Faulks

Bertram Wooster’s interminable banjolele playing has driven Jeeves, his otherwise steadfast gentleman's gentleman, to give notice. The foppish aristocrat cannot survive for long without his Shakespeare-quoting and problem-solving valet, however, and after a narrowly escaped forced marriage, a cottage fire, and a great butter theft, the celebrated literary odd couple are happy to return to the way things were.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393345995
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Series:	Bertie Wooster & Jeeves
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

P. G. Wodehouse was born in England in 1881 and in 1955 became an American citizen. He published more than ninety books and had a successful career writing lyrics and musicals in collaboration with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and Cole Porter, among others.

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

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."

The New York Times - Hernan Diaz

"To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language."

Ben Schott

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever."

Douglas Adams

"P. G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit."

Christopher Hitchens

Bertie Wooster's endless playing of the banjolele prompts his neighbors to protest and his usually imperturbable valet, Jeeves, to quit. Bertie moves to the country to play his instrument along with a new valet (a knife-bearing arsonist). He is hosted by school chum Chuffy, who’s in love with Bertie's ex-fiancée, the American Pauline Stoker. In typical Wodehouse fashion, romantic misunderstandings and wrongful arrests ensue. Nicolas Coster's stuffed-shirt tone is perfect for upper-crust Englishmen, and his excellent pacing draws out the subtlety of the humorous wordplay. His English and American accents are spot-on, but he’s considerably less successful at distinguishing Jeeves from Wooster. The colorful drawings on the cover and the individual CDs are a nice touch. A.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2008 - AudioFile