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The inimitable Jeeves / P. G. Wodehouse.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Warbler classicsPublisher: London : New York : Herbert Jenkins ; George H. Duran, 2023Description: 186 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781954525931
  • 1954525931
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
I.Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum -- II.No Wedding Bells for Bingo -- III.Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind -- IV.Pearls Mean Tears -- V.The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded -- VI.The Hero's Reward -- VII.Introducing Claude and Eustace -- VIII.Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch -- IX.A Letter of Introduction -- X.Startling Dressiness of a Lift-Attendant -- XI.Comrade Bingo -- XII.Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood -- XIII.The Great Sermon Handicap -- XIV.The Purity of the Turf -- XV.The Metropolitan Touch -- XVI.The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace -- XVII.Bingo and the Little Woman -- XVIII.Alls Well.
Summary: In the opening entry, "Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum," Bingo seeks help in persuading his wealthy guardian to accept his socially undesirable fiancee. Mabel the waitress is only the first in a succession of Bingo's romantic interests, which include a parson's niece, a Communist, and Bertie's own fiancee--among others. Eighteen connected stories trace Bingo and Bertie's shenanigans at home and abroad and introduce assorted Wooster relatives, from the terrifying Aunt Agatha to Claude and Eustace, the fun-loving, trouble-making twins. The collection is particularly distinguished by the inclusion of a Wodehouse masterpiece, "The Great Sermon Handicap," in which bets are placed on the length of a Sunday oration and hilarity ensues.
List(s) this item appears in: 2024 FPL Reading Challenge: First in a Series
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction WODEHOUS P. G. JE 2 Available 33111010955165
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With their first appearance in 1915, Bertie Wooster and his highly competent valet Jeeves were destined to become Wodehouse's most famous duo. The hilarious stories that feature the charmingly foppish Bertie and his equally lightheaded friends being rescued from tedious social obligations, annoying relatives, scrapes with the law, and romantic problems by the quiet interventions of Jeeves are among Wodehouse's best-loved tales.This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline.

"First Warbler Press edition 2021."

I.Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum -- II.No Wedding Bells for Bingo -- III.Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind -- IV.Pearls Mean Tears -- V.The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded -- VI.The Hero's Reward -- VII.Introducing Claude and Eustace -- VIII.Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch -- IX.A Letter of Introduction -- X.Startling Dressiness of a Lift-Attendant -- XI.Comrade Bingo -- XII.Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood -- XIII.The Great Sermon Handicap -- XIV.The Purity of the Turf -- XV.The Metropolitan Touch -- XVI.The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace -- XVII.Bingo and the Little Woman -- XVIII.Alls Well.

In the opening entry, "Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum," Bingo seeks help in persuading his wealthy guardian to accept his socially undesirable fiancee. Mabel the waitress is only the first in a succession of Bingo's romantic interests, which include a parson's niece, a Communist, and Bertie's own fiancee--among others. Eighteen connected stories trace Bingo and Bertie's shenanigans at home and abroad and introduce assorted Wooster relatives, from the terrifying Aunt Agatha to Claude and Eustace, the fun-loving, trouble-making twins. The collection is particularly distinguished by the inclusion of a Wodehouse masterpiece, "The Great Sermon Handicap," in which bets are placed on the length of a Sunday oration and hilarity ensues.

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