- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140281185
- ISBN-13: 978-0140281187
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 489,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." Evelyn Waugh; "He exhausts superlatives" Stephen Fry; "Pure word music" Douglas Adams; "The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum" The Independent; "The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare" Evening Standard; "A handsome, collectable hardback edition" Lynne Truss, The Times"
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'It might possibly assist your lordship if I were to bring a small bottle of champagne to the library.' 'You think of everything, Jeeves.' It was some minutes later, as Jeeves was passing through the living room with the brain-restorer on a small tray that Destiny came in through the French window ...Confusion, panic, and disorder are all averted if you Rang for Jeeves.
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has only a fleeting appearance by Bertie Wooster, not even in person. Jeeves is seconded out to another needy aristocrat while Bertie is sent to training school to learn to look after himself. All the usual entanglements ensue, but things are not the same without the dynamic duo together. It lacks spark and originality.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am sorry to inform you that this is something of a duff note in the Jeeves canon. It was originally a play-script concocted by PGW and Guy Bolton; when the play failed to come off PGW worked it up into a novel, and exercised very little care in doing so. I am also tolerably certain that the valet in the original was not Jeeves. It is essentially a quick-change farce, and while it might have been fairly amusing on stage, it falls very flat on the page. Luckily there is no shortage of the real thing, so we will draw a discreet veil over this sad imposter, and move on.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Rather than be a Jeeves and Wooster novel `Ring for Jeeves' is an adaption of a P G Wodehouse musical play of the same name. The decision to use Jeeves was no doubt a commercial decision to trade on this great name to bring them flocking to the theatre. This makes for an unfortunate book in the series for three very good reasons.
Firstly in order for the correct ending in a musical comedy the leads must fall in love and marry, consequently Bertie cannot be the lead male as he cannot marry as this would end his saga and so Jeeves has been lent out to Bill Rowcester. Not very plausible as the whole point of Jeeves and Wooster is of course that Bertie cannot cope without the advice of his trusted valet.
Secondly although Jeeves has always `endeavoured to give satisfaction' and would do anything to help his master stopping short of breaking the law. Jeeves has no compulsion here and readily breaks the law here.
Thirdly the Jeeves and Wooster stories are written in the first person by Bertie himself and although Wodehouse is quite the writer he's not in Bertie's class.
A pretty decent P G Wodehouse novel but a very poor Jeeves and Wooster book. For Wodehouse completists only.
Firstly in order for the correct ending in a musical comedy the leads must fall in love and marry, consequently Bertie cannot be the lead male as he cannot marry as this would end his saga and so Jeeves has been lent out to Bill Rowcester. Not very plausible as the whole point of Jeeves and Wooster is of course that Bertie cannot cope without the advice of his trusted valet.
Secondly although Jeeves has always `endeavoured to give satisfaction' and would do anything to help his master stopping short of breaking the law. Jeeves has no compulsion here and readily breaks the law here.
Thirdly the Jeeves and Wooster stories are written in the first person by Bertie himself and although Wodehouse is quite the writer he's not in Bertie's class.
A pretty decent P G Wodehouse novel but a very poor Jeeves and Wooster book. For Wodehouse completists only.
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A Curio
For Wodehouse fans this one is definitely worth reading if only for the novelty of a book that features Jeeves without Wooster. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Alexis Paladin
Wodehouse and Callow - the perfect combination
The negative reviews of this book and more importantly audio book are in my humble opinion, are wrong. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by William James
Disappointing, Jeeves
Overlong. While the drawn out story might have made a entertaining short story at 220+ pages it's decidedly overlong and the non-appearance of Bertie doesn't help. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2007 by Paul Murphy
Superb
This really was a joy to read and the other review on here really did not do it justice. The Earl of Rowcester (William Belfry) is not in truth that disimilar to Bertie whose name... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2006 by mtkent
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