![]() ![]() They are the perfect pre-bedtime stories and endlessly enjoyable. This is Wodehouse's speciality and this is a prime example of his works. Romance, comedy, thriller, crime, and social critique all rolled into one book. You see these two evading the inquiries of a nosy aunt, helping friends and cousins both in Britain and the US, and doing it all with humorous panache. Leave it to Psmith is hilarious and in typical Wodehouse style, everything turns out happy in the end. And, although Wooster is the employer, it is he who is more dependent on Jeeves than the other way around, as he states more than once. They are well thought out, unique, and with surprise endings, each of them, as Jeeves shows that a man in service has much more intelligence than one who is given everything without laboring for it. ![]() When you think of the consummate “gentleman’s personal gentleman” who can anticipate the needs and desires of his employer, Jeeves is your man.īetween Wooster’s money, connections, and life of leisure, and Jeeves’ intelligence and creativity in getting his boss and many of his friends out of various scrapes, you have a collection of stories quite unlike any other. The two main characters are the rich but bumbling, Bertie Wooster and his highly resourceful valet, Jeeves. ![]() I found this collection of stories while browsing through some of the free Kindle books, and what a delightful find it was. ![]() The man whose picture is on the cover is British humorist, Sir Pelham Grenvile Wodehouse, also known as P.G. Yes, I’m experimenting with a new blog template…Īnd no, don’t let the plain cover fool you, these stories are hilarious. Leave classic texts alone and stop ‘nitpicking’, says Michael Morpurgo. ![]()
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