Right Ho, Jeeves
“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben SchottFollow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language....
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“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben SchottFollow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Bertie must deal with the Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize giving, the broken engagement of his cousin Angela, the wooing of Madeline Bassett by Gussie Fink-Nottle, and the resignation of Anatole, the genius chef. Will he prevail? Only with the aid of Jeeves!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393339789 (0393339785)
ASIN: 393339785
Publish date: July 5th 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 257
Edition language: English
An entertaining read although not a brilliant one. I may have too high hopes for Wodehouse in general. Part of the problem may have lain in the fact that throughout the book, Bertie insists on attempting to puzzle out solutions to the various problems himself rather than rely on Jeeves. Mild sp...
The funniest one I've read so far. Bertie tries to amend the problems of two couples + his aunt's problem, without the help of Jeeves. He says Jeeves is not as good as he used to be, and he (Bertie) is very smart and can do all by himself. Problem is, he gets into more awkward situations while tryin...
The funniest one I've read so far. Bertie tries to amend the problems of two couples + his aunt's problem, without the help of Jeeves. He says Jeeves is not as good as he used to be, and he (Bertie) is very smart and can do all by himself. Problem is, he gets into more awkward situations while tryin...
I submit that there is very little in literature funnier than Gussie Fink-Nottle attempting to give away the prizes to the boys at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School, and thus blowing it with The Bassett. How I love this book.
3.5This was my second book by PG Wodehouse. But I really didn’t enjoy as much as I thought I would, considering the rating and the reviews. Somehow I felt if I would have started with the first book in the series it would have made some difference to me, as I had no idea about who Jeeves or Wooster ...