Very Good, Jeeves!: A Jeeves & Wooster Collection

by P. G. Wodehouse

Overview

P. G. Wodehouse’sVery Good, Jeeves! is a collection of short stories starring Bertie Wooster in 11 alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman’s gentleman.

Whether Bertie is tangled with a red-headed ball of fire such as Roberta Wickham, dealing with an irate headmistress, placating a cabinet minister, puncturing the wrong hot water bottle, singing “Sonny Boy,” or simply trying to concentrate on his golf handicap, Jeeves is always there to help—though rarely in ways which his employer expects. These brilliantly plotted stories give the essence of Wodehousean comedy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585677467
Publisher:	The Overlook Press
Publication date:	04/20/2006
Series:	Jeeves and Wooster Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 7.52(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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

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.

Kingsley Amis

The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time.

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.

Ben Elton

Sublime comic genius.

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

"A brilliantly funny writer—perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced."

The Times [London]

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

Stephen Fry

"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 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

"Sublime comic genius."

Ben Elton

"The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time."

Kingsley Amis

"There are eleven tales in this book and each is the best."

The Observer

"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