Very Good, Jeeves!
by P.G. Wodehouse
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Author: P.G. WodehouseEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-20
ISBN: 1585677469
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Book Reviews of Very Good, Jeeves!
Book Review: Very, very good
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge Wodehouse fan--so much so that at last count I owned over thirty of his books.
This volume contains eleven excellent short stories:
Jeeves and the Impending Doom
The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit
Jeeves and the Song of Songs
Episode of the Dog McIntosh
The Spot of Art
Jeeves and the Kid Clementina
The Love That Purifies
Jeeves and the Old School Chum
Indian Summer of an Uncle
The Ordeal of Young Tuppy
In my opinion, no one does comic short stories better than P.G. Wodehouse; these are among his very best. Good-hearted Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman are winning pair, Plum's crowning achievement. The supporting cast of characters (Bingo Little, Tuppy Glossop, Roberta Wickham, Aunt Dahlia and the dreaded Aunt Agatha) are also memorable.
First published in 1930, there is a timeless quality to these tales. As much of the humour is based on human nature, modern audiences can relate--we all have interfering relatives and hapless friends. The situations Bertie finds himself in amusing and the dialog is full of carefully crafted zingers.
Many of these stories were adapted for Granada's Jeeves and Wooster series, available on DVD. Produced in the early 1990s, the show starred Hugh Laurie (House) and Stephen Fry, who did a superb job bringing the characters to life. The DVDs are an excellent introduction for the Wodehouse novice and a visit with old friends for those of us who already love Wodehouse's world.
Both book and DVDs are highly recommended.
Summary of Very Good, Jeeves!
Very Good, Jeeves! is a collection of short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman?s gentleman. Whether Bertie is tangled with a red-headed ball of fire such as Roberta Wickham, dealing with an irate headmistress, placating a cabinet minister, puncturing the wrong hot water bottle, singing ?Sonny Boy?, or simply trying to concentrate on his golf handicap, Jeeves is always there to help-though rarely in ways which his employer expects. These brilliant plotted stories give the essence of Wodehousean comedy.Comic Books
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