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Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. WODEHOUSE
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Carry on, Jeeves (original 1925; edition 1983)

by P.G. WODEHOUSE

Series: Jeeves (2)

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Jeeves miraculously keeps Bertie and his helpless friends in the good graces of their rich uncles and patches up affairs of the heart just the way he thinks they should be mended.
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Title:Carry on, Jeeves
Authors:P.G. WODEHOUSE
Info:Penguin Books (1983), Paperback, 222 pages
Collections:Read but unowned
Rating:****
Tags:Jeeves and Wooster, humor

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Carry On, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (1925)

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Carry on Jeeves is a collection of early Jeeves and Wooster short stories, although not really the best of them. (Partly because several of these are reworked versions of the very early stories, published in a collection titled My Man Jeeves.)

They're entertaining little gems, although I think Jeeves works best in novel format. I recommend the omnibus The World of Jeeves (also available in Arrow) which collects all the stories in an especially savvy narrative order. ( )
  therebelprince | Oct 24, 2023 |
After getting past the stories in this collection that I'd already listened to (though with a different main character), I think I enjoyed this collection a little more than the other two so far. Though I have to admit that, while at first I thought it was great that one of the stories was written from Jeeves's perspective, I found that I didn't like that story as much. It was still interesting to get his perspective on the schemes he gets up to for Wooster and his friends.

I now wish I'd read this article sooner, as it recommended newer readers to skip My Man Jeeves, since the stories in that collection featuring Reggie Pepper as the narrator were re-written with Wooster and Jeeves in this collection. Because I didn't want to listen to the same basic story again, I skipped them this time, but I do think I would have appreciated them more if I'd read them here for the first time. That's just a little PSA to anyone else new to the series. If I do re-read any of these someday, I'll definitely skip My Man Jeeves, or at least the Reggie Pepper stories. I will, however, probably stick with the Kevin Theis narration, because I've really been enjoying it! ( )
  Kristi_D | Sep 22, 2023 |
Wodehouse's stories seem sort of slight when I read them, even though I've enjoyed seeing them fleshed out on television. ( )
  mykl-s | Aug 13, 2023 |
Utterly forgettable and tremendously enjoyable. I think this one contains the origin story. ( )
  themulhern | Jun 17, 2023 |
This was my first introduction to P.G. Wodehouse and I thought it was great. His way with phrases and sense of humor made it a light and fun read. ( )
  jmd862000 | Mar 28, 2023 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Wodehouse, P. G.primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cecil, JonathanNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Cox, PaulIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
IonicusCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jarvis, MartinNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schmitz, FredTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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To Bernard Le Strange
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Now, touching this business of old Jeeves--my man, you know--how do we stand?
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"In my younger days, at the outset of my career, sir, I was at one time page-boy in a school for young ladies."
"No, really? I never knew that before. I say, Jeeves - er - did the - er - dear little souls giggle much in your day?"
"Practically without cessation, sir."
"I only saw the kid once, and then only for a moment, but - but it was an ugly sort of kid, wasn't it, if I remember rightly?"
"As ugly as that?"
I looked again, and honesty compelled me to be frank.
"I don't see how it could have been, old chap."
It was one of those still evenings you get in the summer, when you can hear a snail clear its throat a mile away.
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Jeeves miraculously keeps Bertie and his helpless friends in the good graces of their rich uncles and patches up affairs of the heart just the way he thinks they should be mended.

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The titles of the first story in this collection - 'Jeeves Takes Charge' - and the last - 'Bertie Changes His Mind' - sum up the relationship of twentieth-century fiction's most famous comic characters. In between them, the various feeble-minded men and lively young women who populate Wooster's world appeal to Jeeves to solve their problems and are never disappointed.
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