Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Thank You, Jeeves

Donald R. Bensen

A Dozen Tales of Fiendish Cunning

Wodehouse on Crime

A damsell in distress - an Almost Blandings novel set in Belphi Castle, Hampshire and a two week house party for the son-and-heir's 21st.

A Damsel in Distress

The Adventures of Sally

Mostly Sally

The Prince and Betty

Unwelcome guests are descending on Blandings Castle - particularly the overbearing Duke of Dunstable, who settles in the Garden Suite with no intention of leaving, and Lady Constance, Lord Emsworth's sister and a lady of firm disposition. Skulduggery is also afoot involving the sale of a modern nude painting (mistaken by Lord Emsworth for a pig). It's enough to take the noble earl on the short journey to the end of his wits. Luckily, Clarence's brother Galahad Threepwood, cheery survivor of the raffish Pelican Club, is on hand to set things right, restore sundered lovers, and solve all the mysteries.

A Pelican At Blandings

Pigs Have Wings

Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968) features Mike Bond, the hitherto fortunate owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately for him, Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. For Horace is, in fact, not a butler at all but the best sort of American gangster, prudently concealing himself in an English country house while hiding from his rivals. Looking for peace and safety, Horace is to discover before long that the hot-spots of New York are a whole lot more restful than the English countryside. This is the lightest of light comedies, a Wodehousian soufflé from his later years.

Do Butlers Burgle Banks?

Jill the Reckless

Martin Jarvis

A comical romp of an adventure involving Jeeves, Wooster and 'Bicky', whose uncle, the Duke of Chiswick, has the potential to be a wealthy benefactor to his nephew. Unfortunately, the Duke is what's known in the right circles as a 'hard-boiled egg' - ie 'notoriously the most prudent spender in England'. When Bicky contacts Bertie, our jaunt begins, and hilarity and laughs, courtesy of P. G. Wodehouse and Martin Jarvis, are bound to follow.

Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg

Hapless and often hopeless romantic Bingo Little has fallen for yet another young lady in this Jeeves and Wooster story of terrible cravats, far-from-fine dining and love's perhaps-not-so-young dream. Bertie is rather confounded by Bingo's love for a girl below his rightful station, so long-suffering Jeeves is roped in to talk to Bingo's uncle, who is also his benefactor, to try to find a mutually amenable arrangement. Comic writing at its best, invigorated on audio by avid Wodehouse authority and fan Martin Jarvis.

Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum

The second classic collection of the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his resourceful butler, Jeeves. Six hilarious stories include: The Great Sermon Handicap; The Purity of the Turf; The Metropolitan Touch; The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace; Bingo and the Little Woman; and, All's Well. Martin Jarvis is on top form as usual, voicing the many colourful characters, including the hapless and ever-romantic Bingo Little superbly.

Volume 2

The Inimitable Jeeves

Bertie Wooster se svým věrným komorníkem Jeevesem odcestuje do městečka Maiden Eggesford, aby si tam léčil nervy vyčerpané veselým nočním životem velkoměsta. Z toho však nebude nic, neboť se tam mimo jiné objeví teta Dahlia, Vanessa Cooková a Orlo Porter, a všichni se na Bertieho chystají s různými prosbami. Zvláště ošemetné je ovšem přání tety Dahlie, aby vsadil na jistého dostihového koně. A jako by situace nebyla už dost spletitá díky lidem a jejich vrtochům, je ještě spletitější kvůli vrtochům zvířecím. Nadějný kůň totiž přilnul k toulavé kočce, která si po kočičím způsobu dělá, co chce, odchází, kdy ji napadne, a je třeba ji přemluvit, aby oddaného koně neopouštěla. Do tohoto koktejlu nejroztodivnějších situací přidejte ještě třeba potrhlého badatele, nespolehlivého pytláka a prchlivého otce a osvědčená komedie se může rozehrát.

Dostihové pikle

And Other Stories

The Man with Two Left Feet

In a day in June, at the hour when London moves abroad in quest of lunch, a young man stood at the entrance of the Bandolero Restaurant looking earnestly up Shaftesbury Avenue-a large young man in excellent condition, with a pleasant, good-humoured, brown, clean-cut face. He paid no attention to the stream of humanity that flowed past him. His mouth was set and his eyes wore a serious, almost a wistful expression. He was frowning slightly. One would have said that here was a man with a secret sorrow. William FitzWilliam Delamere Chalmers, Lord Dawlish, had no secret sorrow. All that he was thinking of at that moment was the best method of laying a golf ball dead in front of the Palace Theatre. It was his habit to pass the time in mental golf when Claire Fenwick was late in keeping her appointments with him. On one occasion she had kept him waiting so long that he had been able to do nine holes, starting at the Savoy Grill and finishing up near Hammersmith. His was a simple mind, able to amuse itself with simple things.

Uneasy Money

The Man Upstairs

Stories recounted by the Oldest Member describe golfers who fall in love, bet excessively, use the rules to win, are defeated by their own superstitions, and become better people playing golf

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