Jeeves in the Offing, P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves in the Offing, P. G. Wodehouse
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Jeeves in the Offing

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Ian Carmichael

Unabridged: 4 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2011

Synopsis

Jeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away, the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, Bertie's astonished to read in the Times of his own engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then, at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former headmaster in attendance, ready to award the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School. And finally the Brinkley butler turns out, for reasons of his own, to be Bertie's nemesis in disguise, the brain surgeon Sir Roderick Glossop. With all occasions informing against him, Bertie has to hightail it to Herne Bay to liberate Jeeves from his shrimping net. And after that, the fun really starts.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael (1920–2010) appeared in a vast number of television productions, including The Importance of Being Earnest and the outstandingly successful The World of Wooster series for BBC TV. He portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in several series for television and starred in two seasons of Strathblair. His film appearances included Lucky Jim, The Lady Vanishes, and Heaven’s Above.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on April 12, 2023

The infamous cow creamer is back. Aunt Dahlia, Sir Roderick Glossop, and a whole slew of Bertie's nutty friends, ex-fiancees, and frenemies show up in yet another hilarious story. This is also known as Jeeves in the Offing. <--because Jeeves takes off (ing?) for a vacation, leaving poor Bertie to fend......more

Goodreads review by Kruthika on May 12, 2024

3.9⭐️/5 I had always wanted to read Wodehouse ever since I was in school. Somehow, it never happened. Now a little more than a decade later I am absolutely delighted to have picked Wodehouse. What a joy it has been! The book begins with Bertram Wooster's conversations with his aunt, Dahlia. It takes......more

Goodreads review by David on August 10, 2024

I have, by now, read a whole big bunch of Wodehouse wonders. Though I prefer the ones that are so complex plot-wise that they rival the finest of French farces, I don't approach each Wodehouse book with the hope and expectation that I'll be taken to that lofty level. To do so would be silly - and Wo......more

Goodreads review by Girish on January 30, 2016

I am sure, somewhere PGW books are categorised under therapeutic books for stress. This one is a gem that might make casual observers of your reading gain evidence that you are off your rockers! Bertie is summoned by Aunt Dahlia to Brinkley while Jeeves is taking his off to judge beach side beauty p......more

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