The World of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Start reading The World of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Life with Jeeves: "Right Ho, Jeeves", "Inimitable Jeeves" and "Very Good, Jeeves" [Paperback]

P. G. Wodehouse
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition £7.20  
Paperback £7.58  
Paperback, 24 Sep 1981 --  
Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional £5 promotional Gift Certificate, when you trade-in at least £10 worth of books. Learn more.

Book Description

24 Sep 1981 0140059024 978-0140059021 Reprint Open market ed

A Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus

'Jeeves knows his place, and it is between the covers of a book.'

This is an omnibus of wonderful Jeeves and Wooster stories, specially selected and introduced by Wodehouse himself, who was struck by the size of his selection and described it as almost the ideal paperweight. As he wrote:

'I find it curious, now that I have written so much about him, to recall how softly and undramatically Jeeves first entered my little world. Characteristically, he did not thrust himself forward. On that occasion, he spoke just two lines.

The first was:

"Mrs Gregson to see you, sir."

The second:

"Very good, sir, which suit will you wear?"

It was only some time later that the man's qualities dawned upon me. I still blush to think of the off-hand way I treated him at our first encounter...'.

This omnibus contains Carry On, Jeeves, The Inimitable Jeeves, Very Good, Jeeves and the short stories 'Jeeves Makes an Omelette' and 'Jeeves and the Greasy Bird'.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


Product details

  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Reprint Open market ed edition (24 Sep 1981)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140059024
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140059021
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 624,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Product Description

Review

"It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him" (John Humphrys )

"A genius ... Elusive, delicate but lasting" (Alan Ayckbourn )

"Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists" (Susan Hill )

"For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day" (Marian Keyes )

"Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already" (Lynne Truss ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Book Description

'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen Fry --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Inside This Book (Learn More)
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Customer Reviews

3 star
0
2 star
0
1 star
0
4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5 stars
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Roger
Format:Paperback
This collection features every Jeeves and Wooster short story bar one (toodle off to a collection called "The Man with Two Left Feet" if you must have that one too: the missing story in q is called "Extricating Young Gussie").

The stories here are joyful. I've been reading them on the train to work just lately and frightening the sour-faced gang of Waterloo bound commuters by grinning as inanely as a young Bingo Little upon spotting a pretty waitress. If you're only vaguely familiar with the goods herein, here's how it goes: Bertie Wooster is our rich, idle, good-hearted, mentally negligible narrator, with the most astonishing gift for a comic simile, and an even greater gift for getting into ridiculaous scrapes; Jeeves is his personal gentleman's gentleman, with a massive, fish-fuelled brain, and a flawless ability to rescue the young master from himself.

I urge you to try it. I'm not one to go about giving things 5 stars willy nilly, but I'd give this 7 or 8 if I could.
Was this review helpful to you?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A bracing tonic for daily existence 3 July 1998
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I've been reading (and re-reading) Wodehouse for over 15 years now. I can't stay away for long. It seems no matter how often I read a Bertie and Jeeves, or a Blanding's Castle story, it is somehow fresh and pleasing. Scenes, lines, and even single words ("incredulous") keep popping unexpectedly into my mind and making me laugh out loud. If you have read him, read more! If you haven't, then for Heaven's sake start now and start often!!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I say! Topping fun, what? 20 July 1997
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Jeeves helps save Bertie (rich but brainless) Wooster from himself in a host of scrapes and jams. Excellent entertainment and a good insight into life in England in the 20s. Well, pip pip, as Bertie would say.
Was this review helpful to you?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars 24 Mar 2009
Format:Paperback
A wonderful read (and re-read)from my favourite author, for nearly 40 years. Bertie and Jeeves and their world come alive in the pages. This book is full of Bertie & Jeeves short stories which can hardly disappoint. Buy it!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A healthy alternative to happy pills 22 Nov 2012
Format:Paperback
It's now winter, cold dark and grey. Very little job security around at the moment, and one half of the planet seems intent on removing the other half from existence.
Depressed? No, because I have PG Wodehouse at my side.

I challenge anyone, no matter how badly depressed to read this and not feel like they've been zapped with several kilo-joules of pure joy. I'd go so far as to say that he is the only writer ever to make printed words actually sparkle like diamonds, bright against the page.

Read these books. They are good for you.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure genius 3 Sep 2012
Format:Paperback
Ever since the destruction of The Great Lighthouse we've been truly short of Wonders of the World. Okay, there's still The Pyramids and of course people make claims for other impressive items of beauty - for example The Great Barrier Reef, or The Great Wall of China - for a place on any modern list. But if we are to have new and reinvigorated seven, then I would like to put forward for inclusion `The World of Wooster' - the quite magnificent (and I use that term without any fear of hyperbole) collected short stories of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves.

Okay, when it comes to visual splendour a 774 paperback volume of short stories might not be up there with The Colossus of Rhodes or The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but once the pages are open there is joy almost beyond comprehension. Read amazed as Jeeves saves Bertie's bacon (and arranges his life), ripping victory from the jaws of calamity again and again. I struggle to think of a funnier collection of tales anywhere in the English language, and as I type this I'm smiling at the thought of Bertie inadvertently kidnapping a small child, at Bingo Little's flirtation with Karl Marx, at the betting scam surrounding church sermons and, of course, numerous ill starred engagements. Evelyn Waugh called him `The Master' and for my tuppence there was no funnier writer of The Twentieth Century. And Jeeves & Wooster is Wodehouse at his absolute funniest.

If there is a flaw though (and all wonders have a flaw, mostly - it has to be said - the flaw of being too easily destroyed), it's the tale: `Bertie Changes His Mind'. This seems to be the only instance in the whole cannon where Jeeves does the narrating.
... Read more ›
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Continuously hilarious 18 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
I'm not sure of the target audience for Wodehouse's books, but I'm guessing it's not 18 year old girls, however "The World of Jeeves" fitted this one right down to the ground. The comfortable rhythm of the stories, with Wooster constantly in some sort of plight, and Jeeves straining his brain to get him out of it, is very relaxing to read and the subtle wit of the dialogue and narration is unfailingly entertaining. A great introduction to P. G. Wodehouse, if a bit long, definitely recommend this book to absolutely anyone, young or old.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
5.0 out of 5 stars great value 28 May 2013
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
i love this- such great value and wonderful tobe able to dip in and out and enjoy the wit of PG Wodehouse.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Feedback