The Inimitable Jeeves

The Inimitable Jeeves

The Inimitable Jeeves

The Inimitable Jeeves

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Overview

“Mr 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 one of the funniest and most productive men who ever wrote in English. He is far from being a mere jokesmith: he is an authentic craftsman, a wit and humorist of the first water, the inventor of a prose style which is a kind of comic poetry.” -Richard Voorhees

First published in 1923, The Inimitable Jeeves follows young Bertie Wooster as he complicates every attempt to aid the easily confused Bingo Little’s pursuit of true love. Disaster surely awaits, unless they can trust in the intervention of Bertie’s serenely competent valet, Jeeves.

The Inimitable Jeeves is a chain of short stories masterfully fused into a novel and one of the best-known books about the author’s most famous characters, Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Well meaning, but often clueless, man-about-town Bertie narrates his adventures with assorted friends and relatives. These deal primarily with his chum Bingo Little’s astounding ability to fall instantly and randomly in love and then conceive of startlingly absurd methods of getting himself into his beloved’s good graces. Wodehouse’s joyous farce showcases his trademark vision of a timeless and comfortable England, a collection of generally less-than-perceptive characters, and most especially his sublime prose- deadpan, precise and ceaselessly inventive. The author’s vision and style have proven uniquely his own, resist any attempt at imitation and will continue to offer readers entrance into a world of charm and urbane hilarity.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781513265179
Publisher: Mint Editions
Publication date: 07/28/2020
Series: Mint Editions (Humorous and Satirical Narratives)
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English author, playwright and lyricist commonly considered one of the foremost humorists of his era. His happy school years and huge family provided him with material and inspiration to begin writing fiction. His first novel appeared when he was 21 and his last when he was 92. The author’s vision of an idyllic England populated by a vast collection of eccentric characters facing an endless chain of farcical challenges is uniquely humorous and elevated by a lucid, inventive prose style that won him accolades from the most stringent critics. His most famous characters, Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet, Jeeves, continue to delight readers and find their way into television and films.

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
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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.

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