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Summary: Perhaps the best introduction to & compendium of Wodehouse!
Review: Bertie and Jeeves know just how to take your mind off hypocritical House and Senate impeachment hearings and sexual overkill. THE WORLD OF JEEVES has brisk dialogue, well paced tales of British leisure class misdoings punctuated by the brilliant people skills of the Gentleman's Gentleman who always saves the day. Best if read aloud. I can't wait to start on another volume.
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Summary: Each of the 34 stories is a good read for a relaxing evening
Review: Bertie and Jeeves know just how to take your mind off hypocritical House and Senate impeachment hearings and sexual overkill. THE WORLD OF JEEVES has brisk dialogue, well paced tales of British leisure class misdoings punctuated by the brilliant people skills of the Gentleman's Gentleman who always saves the day. Best if read aloud. I can't wait to start on another volume.
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Summary: Enjoyable, but Highly Repetitive
Review: P. G. Wodehouse definitely can tell a funny story. The interaction between Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, always bring the smile to one's face. The problem is, once one has read a handful of the over thirty stories in this collection alone, everything else is simply repetition.
Wodehouse's characters are two dimensional at best. These stories are definitely intended as very light reading, as a glance through the "other books written by" page in this volume suggests: There are 93 books by this author. 93! That doesn't include the omnibuses.
Wodehouse's writing is complete fluff, yet charming fluff at that. I certainly couldn't read more than two or three of these short stories at a sitting. This is definitely library or used book material.
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Summary: Perhaps the best introduction to & compendium of Wodehouse!
Review: This book is at once both an excellent introduction to, as well as an outstanding compendium of the outrageous "Jeeves" stories by PG Wodehouse. This collection of short stories is the pinancle of parody of the stereotypical British elite, as seen though the eyes "the perfect manservant" to a "1920's bachelor on the run". I admit that I was biased when I began this book, at the incessant recommendation of my siblings. I was certain that I would not enjoy it, and resisted its wickedly incisive humor with all my might as I turned page after page ... after page. I finally gave in to Wodehouse's unbeatable combination of an incredibly accurate, ironic, insightful view of the world and an always well-turned phrase. I dare you to spend an evening with it - you'll find yourself hooked! The good news is that there are many more fine "Jeeves" stories to enjoy after these. You really should enjoy at least one Wodehouse "Jeeves" book - at this is the perfect place to begin, if you ask me. Do enjoy - Cheerio!
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Summary: Stories Don't Come Any Better Than This (or Any Funnier)
Review: What better introduction to the wonders of P.G. Wodehouse's writing than a collection of stories about the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his repeated rescue by Jeeves? This volume includes all the stories - thirty-three narrated by Bertie and one by Jeeves. None is less than good; most have had me laughing out loud. In addition to Bertie and Jeeves, you'll meet such memorable characters as Bingo Little and his wife Rosie M. Banks, Tuppy Glossop and his uncle Sir Roderick, Bertie's aunts Agatha and Dahlia, and, in "Jeeves and the Old School Chum", Rosie's friend Laura Pyke. If you like to laugh and like good literature, this collection is for you. If you've never read any Wodehouse, I envy you the pleasure awaiting you.
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Summary: Stories Don't Come Any Better Than This (or Any Funnier)
Review: What better introduction to the wonders of P.G. Wodehouse's writing than a collection of stories about the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his repeated rescue by Jeeves? This volume includes all the stories - thirty-three narrated by Bertie and one by Jeeves. None is less than good; most have had me laughing out loud. In addition to Bertie and Jeeves, you'll meet such memorable characters as Bingo Little and his wife Rosie M. Banks, Tuppy Glossop and his uncle Sir Roderick, Bertie's aunts Agatha and Dahlia, and, in "Jeeves and the Old School Chum", Rosie's friend Laura Pyke. If you like to laugh and like good literature, this collection is for you. If you've never read any Wodehouse, I envy you the pleasure awaiting you.
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