- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson; Autograph ed edition (Dec 1960)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0257656863
- ISBN-13: 978-0257656861
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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'Jeeves and Bertie are as immortal as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, or Falstaff and Prince Hal, and, quite often, a good deal funnier.' - John Mortimer, Daily Telegraph
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the book that started it all, the meeting of Bertie and Jeeves and I for one can't be thankful enough that it happened. These characters enrich my life like no one else can. Brilliantly funny and life affirming. Hooray!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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If you haven't read a Jeeves & Wooster book before, this is the perfect place to begin. Jeeves enters Bertie's life and immediately turns it around. Wodehouse is the greatest master of prose in the English language and he uses metaphors and similies to superb comic effect. A classic.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I used to love Fry and Laurie in ITV's series Jeeves and Wooster but had never read any of the books before. I'm not usually a fan of short stories and I didn't realise that rather than being one story, it was going to be a series of adventures which aren't really linked, although there are references to other adventures in some of them, but that didn't matter a jot! It's rather formulaic writing ... but that didn't matter a jot!
Of course, having loved the TV series I was unable to read this without picturing Fry and Laurie but... you've guessed it... that didn't matter a jot either, and the stories made me laugh out loud in places.
There are 10 mini-adventures in total in this book. Number 10 was unique in this collection in that it is told from Jeeves' perspective instead of Bertie's which came as a nice surprise.
Of course, having loved the TV series I was unable to read this without picturing Fry and Laurie but... you've guessed it... that didn't matter a jot either, and the stories made me laugh out loud in places.
There are 10 mini-adventures in total in this book. Number 10 was unique in this collection in that it is told from Jeeves' perspective instead of Bertie's which came as a nice surprise.
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It should be free on the NHS!
Jeeves and wooster are probably the most well known of all the Wodehouse characters and this collection of short stories is a great place to start if you're new to his... Read more
Published 26 days ago by Norman Cheeseworthy
The funniest writer ever to wield a pen.
There have been many excellent comic writers throughout the ages, but surely there has never been one as good as P G Wodehouse. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Clady Lad
So very, very funny
This was my very first 'go' at a PG Wodehouse. Read the whole thing in one sitting (housework be damned!) and am now shopping for more. Read more
Published 5 months ago by H. Fisher
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Published 5 months ago by Adrenalin Streams
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one of the greatest master servant relationships ever, the amazing Jeeves and his charming but ignoramus master. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Annie Lambert
What ho - Splendid!
I have never read a P.G. Wodehouse and at 54 decided i should - what a wonderful book made me chuckle ( a thing that very few more modern books seem to do! Read more
Published 10 months ago by S. Winson
CARRY ON JEEVES
Martin Jarvis is a good reader but these stories are better told by the excellent Jonathon Cecil. For me Cecil is the definitive Wodehouse voice.
Published 11 months ago by graboid
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The "cove of rare intelligence" is, of course, the eponymous Jeeves. In the last of the stories in this collection he takes over from Bertie Wooster as narrator, permitting... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. M. Sinstadt
PG at his best
Johnathan Cecil is a perfect reader for the Jeeves stories; this audio book comprises of 6 CDs the stories being
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Published 13 months ago by Elizabeth-Anne
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Absolutely brilliant, the only place to start if you're new to Jeeves and Wooster, or re-visiting. So funny, and incredibly well written.
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