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

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 7 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Humorous

Synopsis

The character of Bertram “Bertie” Wooster told the stories in first person style. He had a valet who stole some of his silk sox and was discharged. The agency sent replacement Reginald “Reggie” Jeeves. He arrived, mixed a hangover cure that was much needed and accepted, and the two were together from then on. Bertie, rich and toil-free, disliked hard work, some bossy women, and most children. He had a somewhat dingbat friend, Bingo Little, who fell in love with every girl he met. Any time they had a conflict, Bingo would point out, “Remember, we went to school together,” as though that would resolve any differences. Listen and enjoy their escapades.

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 John Rayburn

John Rayburn is a veteran of 62 years in broadcasting.  He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest Share of Audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John is a member of a Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on September 06, 2021

"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 on February 24, 2020

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 on December 31, 2022

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 Lena on December 10, 2024

That's what people mean when they're talking about English humour. And Stephen Fry's reading fits it perfectly!......more

Goodreads review by Manny on June 13, 2018

"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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