Rating: Summary: Jeeves & Bertie #7 Review: Previous: The Code of the WoostersHailed by some as the best Jeeves and Bertie novel, Joy in the Morning was published in 1947, nine years after The Code of the Woosters, and finds Wodehouse at the top of his comic form. Through circumstances beyond his control, Bertie finds himself in the last place he ever wanted to be-the dreaded Steeple Bumpleigh, home to his menacing Aunt Agatha (now Lady Worplesdon) and his former fiancée Florence Craye. This novel introduces my favorite of Bertie's normally dim-witted friends, the not-so-dim-witted Boko Fittleworth, noted novelist and all-around good egg. As is the usual formula, there are romantic attachments in danger of being squelched, and Bertie in danger of having to marry a frightening female if anything goes amiss. With poor well-meaning Boko constantly doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, Florence's young brother Edwin the Boy Scout terrifying the populace with his acts of good will, and the overzealous policeman Stilton Cheesewright, Florence's latest fiancée, threatening Bertie with bodily mayhem, comedy abounds. Next: The Mating Season
Rating: Summary: Joy and Jeeves come in the morning Review: The book was published as "Joy comes in the morning" and I am somewhat surprised by the name change. Most of the old gang is present and up to the usual tricks- Harold "Stinker" Pinker stands out.
Rating: Summary: "Jeeves in the Morning" brings out the sunshine! Review: This is a truly entertaining and interesting book! I enjoy all of P.G. Wodehouse's books, but this is one of my favorites. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes comedy or just a very lighthearted story. I would give it ten stars if I could!
Rating: Summary: "Jeeves in the Morning" brings out the sunshine! Review: This is a truly entertaining and interesting book! I enjoy all of P.G. Wodehouse's books, but this is one of my favorites. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes comedy or just a very lighthearted story. I would give it ten stars if I could!
Rating: Summary: Perfection Review: This is the culmination of the art of Wodehouse, the Mozart of formula fiction. One of the two best Jeeves novels, it really should be read after Code of the Woosters, though it can also stand alone. Nobody had Wodehouse's way with the english language, and what other farce-humor writer could equal the gleaming precision and intricacy of his plots? This novel was polished to perfection because he used the time he spent in internment during World War II to work on it, thus giving it more time than probably any of his other books. In England it was called Joy In the Morning, but by any name they don't come much funnier.
Rating: Summary: Perfection Review: This is the culmination of the art of Wodehouse, the Mozart of formula fiction. One of the two best Jeeves novels, it really should be read after Code of the Woosters, though it can also stand alone. Nobody had Wodehouse's way with the english language, and what other farce-humor writer could equal the gleaming precision and intricacy of his plots? This novel was polished to perfection because he used the time he spent in internment during World War II to work on it, thus giving it more time than probably any of his other books. In England it was called Joy In the Morning, but by any name they don't come much funnier.
Rating: Summary: Fancifully Amusing and Entertaining Review: This was a wonderfully delightful book. Charming to read from front to back. It's not a profound work of any means, but rather is an escape to a silly and funny world where a sweet English man and his literary and wise butler find themselves in all kinds of crazy predicaments!
Rating: Summary: This is the most re-read book in my library Review: This was my first foray into the delightful world of Bertam W. Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves. I remember a specific moment in time when I realized that I held a priceless treasure in my hands. I sometimes wish that I were ignorant of the works of Wodehouse so that I might relive that magical moment- this book is that good. It is a pleasure to revisit every now and then, to appreciate what a masterful job Wodehouse has done in constructing his characters, their relationships, and sticky situations which seem to befoul our featherbrained protagonist. If you have not yet experienced Wodehouse and you have an appreciation of wit, I would be surprised if you do not have the same kind of epiphany I did before the conclusion of the second chapter. Enjoy!
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