- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (24 Feb 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140041923
- ISBN-13: 978-0140041927
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 327,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford on doctor's orders to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet Martini-less life'. Only the presence of the irrepressible Aunt Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an 'imbroglio' develops -destined to be famous down the long years as the 'Maiden Eggesford Horror' or 'The Case Of The Cat Which Kept Popping Up When Least Expected'. For however generous or kind-hearted they may be, there is one thing that can be said of Aunts as a class: they are not Gentlemen.
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PG Wodehouse was born in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died on St. Valentine's Day in the same year at the age of ninety-three. His novels are translated into every language and are frequently adapted for radio and television. In Jeeves and Wooster he created two of the best known and best loved characters in twentieth century literature.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In his earlier Jeeves books, Wodehouse wrote perfect caricatures of the British aristocracy - that is, although exaggerated, one could suspend disbelief and imagine that the characters were real and authentic. However, by the time he wrote "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen", Wodehouse seems to have spent too many years living in the States, and to have forgotten how English people actually speak. The dialog and narrative read as if the characters are Americans rather than English aristocrats, almost every sentence contains at least one word or phrase that no English aristocrat would ever utter, and in addition, the dialog is much less witty than in the earlier books - the sparkle has gone. Very disappointing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
but then what else can you say about jeeves and wooster. once again old bertie gets into a sticky situation and jeeves has to worm him out but not before bertie has an unfortunate run in with an ex fiancee, and a rather odd old general who's convinced that bertie is a wanted criminal intent on stealing cats!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With summer about your ears, there are few better things than a large gin and a copy of Aunts aren't gentleman. A plot from the top drawer of farce keeps everything tight and as usual Plum's way with a turn of phrase make for a sheer joy.
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P.G going through the motions
I guess Wodehouse and his characters are so much a part of our world, even in the twenty-first century, that we feel we know his work even if we haven't read any of it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Alexis Paladin
Wodehouse and Callow the perfect mix
Simon Callow is far and away the best narrator of the Jeeves & Wooster stories. He voices the characters to perfection. Don't Waste your time with any other narrator. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2008 by William James
Last Entry to the Jeeves and Wooster Stable.
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Published on 4 July 2008 by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 Absent Fathers'
The Cat-nappers!
P.G. Wodehouse's best stories are invariably those that involve the butler Jeeves helping the scatterbrained and easy-living Bertie Wooster escape from the fickle hand of fate and... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2004 by Donald Mitchell
The Cat-nappers!
P.G. Wodehouse's best stories are invariably those that involve the butler Jeeves helping the scatterbrained and easy-living Bertie Wooster escape from the fickle hand of fate and... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2004 by Donald Mitchell
Another Masterpiece
As will all his work, P.G Wodehouse keeps the read enthralled at the adventures of Bertie and Jeeves. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2003 by Patrick
Hooray - another Jeeves and Wooster Book
There cannot be too many Jeeves and Wooster books in my opinion and this is another brilliant example of why. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2000 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
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