The Luck of the Bodkins, P. G. Wodehouse
The Luck of the Bodkins, P. G. Wodehouse
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The Luck of the Bodkins

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Humorous

Synopsis

Things on board the RMS Atlantic are terribly, terribly complicated. Monty Bodkin loves Gertrude, who thinks he likes Lotus Blossom, a starlet who definitely adores Ambrose, who thinks that she has a thing for his brother, Reggie, who is struck by Mabel Spence, sister-in-law of Ikey Llewellyn (movie mogul, Ambrose's prospective employer, and reluctant smuggler), but hasn't the means to marry her. With the well-meaning but unhelpful ship's steward, Albert Peasemarch, and a toy mouse with a screw-top head thrown in for good measure, it will, indeed, take the luck of the Bodkins to sort it all out.

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 Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on October 11, 2024

A French farce with English reserve , ( best describes this saga ) well not too much... after all it was written by the great P.G. Wodehouse... Mr. Montague "Monty" Bodkin a wealthy but idle British bachelor with a romantic problem, it seems Gertrude Butterwick...love these peculiar names...the gent......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 23, 2024

The Love Boat. Ish? A series of misunderstandings, mishaps, mistakes, and a healthy dose of misinformation help to move this humorous story forward. Monty Bodkins and a group of beleaguered men chase love in all its forms while on a ship heading to New York. Meanwhile, motion picture mogul Ivor Llewel......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on March 15, 2021

I've read so many books by the wonderful P.G. Wodehouse that I am not always sure, until I get started, whether I have read the book in my hand before. To my great delight I soon realised I had never read The Luck of the Bodkins (1935). I had however read Heavy Weather (1933), which precedes it, and......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on July 02, 2024

Much is made of the porcelain cow creamer in The Code of the Woosters. But really, we should talk more about the brown plush Mickey Mouse in The Luck of the Bodkins. "The head screws off, you see, and you can fill it with candy!" "Gosh! Capital!"......more

Quotes

“Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.” Lynne Truss

“It’s dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I’ll risk it with him.”  John Humphrys

“For as long as I’m immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it’s possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day.” Marian Keyes

“Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists.” Susan Hill

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