P. G. Wodehouse

“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben Schott Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic short story collections in the English language. Whoever or whatever the cause of Bertie Wooster's consternation—Bobbie Wickham giving away his fierce Aunt Agatha's dog; getting into the bad books of Sir Roderick Glossop; attempting to scupper the unfortunate infatuation of his friend Tuppy for a robust opera singer—Jeeves can always be relied on tyo untangle the most ferocious of muddles. Even Bertie's.

Very Good, Jeeves!

P.G. Wodehouse

Man servant Jeeves extricates Bertie from eleven overwhelming dilemmas.

Maria Bono

I discovered Wodehouse thanks to my grandfather, who owned all the Wooster and Jeeves stories. I think I had a great start because I began with the anthology "What Ho! The Best of P.G. Wodehouse", with Stephen Fry's introduction and evident love for the author. My instant favorite in the book became "Jeeves and the Impending Doom", a story you actually find in this fourth volume of the Wooster and Jeeves series.

This book made me notice how reading in your mother tongue can significantly impact your reading experience compared to reading in secondary languages. I guess it was also my mood, the different point in life I was reading it in, and maybe because I read too many times as a teen. But the experience was just not the same because the characters' voices were different in my head. The vocabulary was at the same level, but my familiarity with it was totally different.

So this time I didn't cry of laughter (how horrible :))

Still, I had lots of fun reading this volume, my favorite so far. Ten or twelve more to go!

A Jeeves and Wooster collection An outstanding collection of Jeeves stories, every one a winner, in which Jeeves endeavours to give satisfaction: By saving a grumpy cabinet minister from being marooned and attacked by a swan - in the process saving Bertie Wooster from his impending doom...By rescuing Bingo Little and Tuppy Glossop from the soup (twice each)...By arranging rather too many performances of the song 'Sonny Boy' to a not very appreciative audience...And by a variety of other sparkling stratagems that should reduce you to helpless laughter. This early collection shows P.G.Wodehouse at the top of his game, writing with sublime wit and delicacy of plotting.

Very Good, Jeeves!

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