The Inimitable Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

Bingo has a big problem when it comes to love: He loves too much and too many. Leave it to lovable butler Jeeves to take matters into his own hands and cover all the bases, so to speak.

"P. G. Wodehouse at his shining best." --John Mortimer

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) grew up in England and came to the United States just before World War I. During his lifetime he wrote more than ninety books which were translated into several languages and won international acclaim.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781023596015
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/29/2025
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

P. G. Wodehouse was born in England in 1881 and in 1955 became an American citizen. He published more than ninety books and had a successful career writing lyrics and musicals in collaboration with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and Cole Porter, among others.

Date of Birth:

October 15, 1881

Date of Death:

February 14, 1975

Place of Birth:

Guildford, Surrey, England

Place of Death:

Southampton, New York

Education:

Dulwich College, 1894-1900

Table of Contents

I. Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum
II. No Wedding Bells for Bingo
III. Aunt Agatha Speaks her Mind
IV. Pearls Mean Tears
V. The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded
VI. The Hero's Reward
VII. Introducing Claude and Eustace
VIII. Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch
IX. A Letter of Introduction
X. Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant
XI. Comrade Bingo
XII. Bingo has a Bad Goodwood
XIII. The Great Sermon Handicap
XIV. The Purity of the Turf
XV. The Metropolitan Touch
XVI. The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace
XVII. Bingo and the Little Woman
XVIII. All's Well
Bibliography 

What People are Saying About This

Evelyn Waugh

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.

Stephen Fry

You don’t analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.

Lynne Truss

You should read Wodehouse when you’re well, and when you’re poorly; when you’re travelling, and when you’re not; when you’re feeling clever, and when you’re feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.

Editorial Reviews

"Oh, how I love Wodehouse! Ever-surprising in his repetitiousness, never failing to delight, always making us safe in his breezy world. It is paradoxical that Wodehouse should give me so much comfort when he also makes me feel how mean and shabby my life is each time I emerge from one of his novels."

The New York Times - Hernan Diaz

• "We Woosters do not lightly forget. At least, we do - some things - appointments, and people's birthdays, and letters to post, and all that - but not an absolutely bally insult like the above."
• "Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!"
• "I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats. Shows what a rotten thing it is to let your brain develop too much."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves

From the Publisher

You should read Wodehouse when you’re well, and when you’re poorly; when you’re travelling, and when you’re not; when you’re feeling clever, and when you’re feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.

Lynne Truss

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

Wodehouse is the funniest writer—that is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of fun—that the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced.

The New Yorker

You don’t analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.

Stephen Fry

Martin Jarvis is enchanting in his portrayal of a full cast of characters in this set of stories featuring protagonist Bertie Wooster, a wealthy, somewhat dim, but well-intentioned young man, and Wooster's butler, Jeeves, who saves the day time and time again when Wooster's ill-advised plans go awry. Jarvis narrates Wooster's character with the right measure of panache and gives Jeeves a delightfully superior air. As Wooster's love-prone friend Bingo Little, Jarvis strikes a tone that sounds somewhat like a weakling, which seems an odd choice, but he still manages to make it work. A versatile narrator, Jarvis brings THE INIMITABLE JEEVES to life with ease. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2009 - AudioFile