The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse
The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse
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The Inimitable Jeeves

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: J. David Core

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: The Gamut

Published: 07/08/2019

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

It’s the height of the Jazz Age, and the roaring twenties are in full-roar in and around London and the English countryside. Bingo Little, the twins, Steggles, and Aunt Agatha are among the banes of young Bertie Wooster’s casual existence; but fortunately, Bertie has his gentleman’s gentleman, his valet, the forever-ready Jeeves to come to his rescue. This novel – or more accurately this narrative collection of brief interludes – is the perfect introduction to the writings of P.G. Wodehouse, the comedic voice of a generation and time nearly a century hence, but as familiar and ever-present as Orphan Annie and Charlie Chaplain.
First published in 1923, The Inimitable Jeeves has finally entered the public domain, and this audio production, originally recorded for the Thrills and Mystery Podcast, is here just in time to usher in the next decade of “roaring” twenties. So dust off your spats, don your finest flapper dress, pour some bathtub gin, and surround yourself in deco architecture as you immerse yourself into Bertie Wooster’s world again for the first time. 

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf

"Oh dear, Bertie Wooster, it seems as if your servant is satirizing our style of living with the help of subtle irony and puns." Faints It´s an interesting sociocultural, epigenetic study to look at how Wodehouse had to adapt his satire to a level that was still funny and a tiny little bit controver......more

Goodreads review by Bill

The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) is the first full-length book completely devoted to Jeeves and Wooster (My Man Jeeves, only half Jeeves, featured the proto-Wooster Reggie Pepper), and my sense is that neither the gentleman’s gentleman, nor his gentleman, has reached perfection here. Jeeves is less Olym......more

Goodreads review by Anne

This one was a fun bunch of short stories that were interconnected. What I mean is that Bertie & Wooster aren't in one looooong mess this time around. It's a series of smaller, somewhat connected messes? Ish. It doesn't really matter. What matters is that this is another funny installment with wacky fa......more

Goodreads review by Francesc

Aunque la novela está concebida como un todo, cada capítulo se puede considerar como un relato independiente. En ellos, Bertie Wooster tiene algún tipo de problema bastante banal: ayudar a un amigo enamorado, evitar que su tía Agatha lo case y cosas así. En todos los casos, pide ayuda a su ayudante d......more

Goodreads review by Manny

"Now you know me, Jeeves," I said. "I am no expert on what Honoria likes to call literature." "I believe I would concur in that judgement," Jeeves agreed, and I fancied I saw his left eyebrow twitch slightly. But I was not to be put off by the blighter's lack of enthusiasm. "Hang it all, Jeeves!" I co......more

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