The Inimitable Jeeves
The first volume of Wodehouse's brilliant complete and unabridged short stories. Originally a semi-novel, this version contains self-contained stories which are nonetheless linked, often by Bingo Little, an endearingly hopeless chap and a serial romancer. Jeeves Exerts The Old Cerebellum (18'11")...
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The first volume of Wodehouse's brilliant complete and unabridged short stories. Originally a semi-novel, this version contains self-contained stories which are nonetheless linked, often by Bingo Little, an endearingly hopeless chap and a serial romancer. Jeeves Exerts The Old Cerebellum (18'11") No Wedding Bells For Bingo (16'49") Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind (14'56") Pearls Mean Tears (24'28") The Pride Of The Woosters Is Wounded (16'30") The Hero's Reward (13'38") Introducing Claude And Eustace (11'13") Sir Roderick Comes To Lunch (18'10") A Letter Of Introduction (19'12") Startling Dressiness Of A Lift Attendant (21'54") Comrade Bingo (21'44") Bingo has a Bad Goodwood (18'03")
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Format: Audible Audio Edition
ASIN: B008H624D0
Publish date: 2009-03-09
Publisher: CSA Word
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century
Series: Jeeves 3 (#8)
Originally published in 1946, Joy in the Morning is another breezy Jeeves and Wooster story. There are near-miss engagements, scheming, unlucky coincidences, shouting from elderly relatives, one burned down house, a hockey stick in the night, and lots and lots of witty language. I already knew from ...
two starsgranted, it's funny, really funny. however, it's also true that wodehouse should be imbibed sparingly. listening this book as continuous background noise made me think that wodehouse is a real sadist. poor bertie. i won't be surprised if tom and jerry were inspired by bertie and jeeves.
Since his first appearance in print in 1919, Jeeves has become synonymous with British tongue-in-cheek humor. Valet to bumbling aristocrat Bertie Wooster, Jeeves is continually helping his employer out of scrapes. In this debut novel, Wooster's lovesick pal Bingo Little decides to marry and enlists ...
bookshelves: autumn-2010, amusing, play-dramatisation, published-1947 Recommended for: BBC7 listeners http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...Starring Richard Briers and Michael Hordern. Pretty Damn Funny
Bertie is forced to go to the Steeple Bumpleigh the lair of his Uncle Percy and Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth. The rest is known as The Steeple Bumpleigh Horror[...]I remained rooted to the spot, staring dazedly into the darkness. Winged creatures of th...
7 years ago
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