- Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140284095
- ISBN-13: 978-0140284096
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 402,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Was there ever an author who created such a stunning array of characters as P.G Wodehouse. In this one of Betram Wooster's finest outings, not only do we have Bertie and Jeeves. We also have Gussie Fink Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Tuppy Glossop and of course Madeline Bassett. It's a shame that Bingo Little couldn't make it, but you can't have it all.
Ah what's that, I'm straying from the plot...thank you Jeeves, I'll attend to that immediately. The story revolves around Gussie Fink Nottles attempts to woo Madeline. They appear to made for each other. Gussie is an old school friend of Bertie's who now spends his time raising newts in his substantial country pile. Madeline is possibly the world's biggest drip who believes that the stars are God's daisy chain. The book revolves around Bertie, with Jeeves's help machinations to bring the two love birds together. This is complicated by Madeline's belief that is in fact Bertie who loves her.
A hilarious romp from beginning to end, this is one of Wodehouse's finest and remains a joy to read
Ah what's that, I'm straying from the plot...thank you Jeeves, I'll attend to that immediately. The story revolves around Gussie Fink Nottles attempts to woo Madeline. They appear to made for each other. Gussie is an old school friend of Bertie's who now spends his time raising newts in his substantial country pile. Madeline is possibly the world's biggest drip who believes that the stars are God's daisy chain. The book revolves around Bertie, with Jeeves's help machinations to bring the two love birds together. This is complicated by Madeline's belief that is in fact Bertie who loves her.
A hilarious romp from beginning to end, this is one of Wodehouse's finest and remains a joy to read
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Wodehouse delivers his usual cocktail of fun and frolics in this, the cream of the Wooster collection. Jeeves takes an instant dislike to a rather natty jacket, leaving the atmos. not a little chilly, with Bertie deciding to solve his own - and others - problems. However, as always, it is up to Jeeves to extrapolate Bertie from his self-inflicted mess. Features Madeline the-stars-are-gods-daisy-chain Basset, and Gussie Fink-Nottle in a pretty frightful pair of scarlet tights. A scream from start to finish.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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If there's one thing Bertie Wooster should never do, it's make elaborate plans to bring estranged lovebirds back together.
And he demonstrates just why in the second full-length Jeeves novel, a screwball disaster saga that sees Bertie confidently trying to fix people's lives. Of course, things go horribly wrong, and Wodehouse's arch, nutty look at what happens next is an absolute gem.
When Aunt Dahlia summons him to Brinkley Court for a prizegiving, Bertie sends his newt-fancying friend Gussie instead -- especially since Gussie is enamoured of a girl staying there, the soppy Madeleine Bassett. But when Bertie hears that his cousin Angela has broken off her engagement to Tuppy Glossop -- and his aunt is in need of money -- he rushes down to assist all his relatives and pals by advising them to feign such sorrow that they're unable to eat.
Unfortunately his plan falls through, and they manages to enrage the cook Anatole to the point where he storms out. Even worse, the prize-giving is a disaster and the wrong people end up engaged -- and pursued by homicidally angry exes. Only Jeeves' formidable brain can somehow save the day -- and Bertie's behind.
P.G. Wodehouse made a pretty good living off of spoofing the upper crust of England, and the subtlely intlligent servants who bail them out. "Right Ho Jeeves" is a prime example of his writing -- some small mistakes rapidly balloon out into a crazy tangled mess, which only an intelligent manservant can rescue Bertie from.
Much of the book's charm comes from its complex plot and series of disasters (such as Tuppy's homicidal rampage). And as usual, poor Bertie finds himself the object of young ladies' affections -- in this case, the appallingly goofy Madeleine thinks he's madly in love with her, when she's not rambling about fairies and bunnies. If there's a flaw, it's that Jeeves' final solution is a bit limp.
But Wodehouse's writing is what really makes the book timeless. It's arch and wry, whether he's describing basic actions ("He leaped like a lamb in springtime"), or goofy dialogue ("But if you were a male newt, Madeline Bassett wouldn't look at you. Not with the eye of love, I mean").
Jeeves and Bertie are the perfect comic team -- Bertie is proud, goofy, and not terribly bright, while the quiet Jeeves is a towering intellect with wry wit. And they're backed by a colourful, small cast of nutty aristocrats, schoolboys, sharp-tongued aunts and cousins, newt-fancying fish-faced men, and a girl who talks about how "every time a fairy sheds a tear, a wee bitty star is born." Yech.
"Right Ho Jeeves" is a hilarious, tangled farce of love, money, jealousy, dinner jackets and the mating rituals of newts. Absolutely priceless, from start to finish.
And he demonstrates just why in the second full-length Jeeves novel, a screwball disaster saga that sees Bertie confidently trying to fix people's lives. Of course, things go horribly wrong, and Wodehouse's arch, nutty look at what happens next is an absolute gem.
When Aunt Dahlia summons him to Brinkley Court for a prizegiving, Bertie sends his newt-fancying friend Gussie instead -- especially since Gussie is enamoured of a girl staying there, the soppy Madeleine Bassett. But when Bertie hears that his cousin Angela has broken off her engagement to Tuppy Glossop -- and his aunt is in need of money -- he rushes down to assist all his relatives and pals by advising them to feign such sorrow that they're unable to eat.
Unfortunately his plan falls through, and they manages to enrage the cook Anatole to the point where he storms out. Even worse, the prize-giving is a disaster and the wrong people end up engaged -- and pursued by homicidally angry exes. Only Jeeves' formidable brain can somehow save the day -- and Bertie's behind.
P.G. Wodehouse made a pretty good living off of spoofing the upper crust of England, and the subtlely intlligent servants who bail them out. "Right Ho Jeeves" is a prime example of his writing -- some small mistakes rapidly balloon out into a crazy tangled mess, which only an intelligent manservant can rescue Bertie from.
Much of the book's charm comes from its complex plot and series of disasters (such as Tuppy's homicidal rampage). And as usual, poor Bertie finds himself the object of young ladies' affections -- in this case, the appallingly goofy Madeleine thinks he's madly in love with her, when she's not rambling about fairies and bunnies. If there's a flaw, it's that Jeeves' final solution is a bit limp.
But Wodehouse's writing is what really makes the book timeless. It's arch and wry, whether he's describing basic actions ("He leaped like a lamb in springtime"), or goofy dialogue ("But if you were a male newt, Madeline Bassett wouldn't look at you. Not with the eye of love, I mean").
Jeeves and Bertie are the perfect comic team -- Bertie is proud, goofy, and not terribly bright, while the quiet Jeeves is a towering intellect with wry wit. And they're backed by a colourful, small cast of nutty aristocrats, schoolboys, sharp-tongued aunts and cousins, newt-fancying fish-faced men, and a girl who talks about how "every time a fairy sheds a tear, a wee bitty star is born." Yech.
"Right Ho Jeeves" is a hilarious, tangled farce of love, money, jealousy, dinner jackets and the mating rituals of newts. Absolutely priceless, from start to finish.
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Right Ho Jeeves
I bought this for my son-in-law for Christmas to brighten his drive to work. He hasn't yet played it but I am sure he will love it.
Published 5 months ago by hapslip
As good as Anatole's cooking
Bertie is drawn down to Brinkley Court to help Aunt Dahlia secure £500 from Uncle Tom to keep her lady's magazine afloat, as well as to assist Gussie Fink-Nottle woo Madeleine... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Adrenalin Streams
Master of Comedy
As a fan of P.G. Woodhouse I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this CD and recommend it highly both to like minded people and those who are new to the world of Bertie Wooster and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Val
Right Ho, Jeeves
Avid fan as I am, and as far as I know owner of all the P.G. Wodehouse books, on surfing amazon, I saw they now have audio CDs/DVDs of Jeeves. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Les
"London late at night - or even in daytime, for that matter - is no...
Bertie Wooster is miffed with Jeeves: not only has he omitted to pack Bertie's new white mess jacket with the brass buttons, but now all Bertie's relatives are coming to Jeeves... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Roman Clodia
Marvelous
I am afraid there is no allowance for dissent - quite simply some of the best stuff ever put in to print
Published on 22 Aug 2009 by A. J. Waters
Good ol' Jeeves and Wooster
Right Ho, Jeeves (BBC Audio)
I bought this CD, along with Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow Collection, as a Christmas gift from my mom - and again landed up listening to... Read more
I bought this CD, along with Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow Collection, as a Christmas gift from my mom - and again landed up listening to... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by A. Vaughan
What more could you want?
This is a pretty much faultless combination of the words of P.G.Wodehouse and some terrific acting. All the cast are good, but the main plaudits must go to the two stars. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2008 by Graham R. Hill
As Usual Wodehouse and Jeeves Give Satisfaction
No doubt buoyed by the success of his previous novel `Thank you, Jeeves' Wodehouse sets about `Right Ho, Jeeves' with his typical vim and vigour. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2007 by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 Absent Fathers'
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