Jeeves and the Impending Doom, and other stories
by P. G. Wodehouse
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The double-act of Bertie Wooster and his faithful, omniscient butler Jeeves is the greatest comic pairing in literature. Millions of fans worldwide have laughed at the travails of bumbling Bertie and delighted at the felicitous solutions devised by Jeeves to extricate his master from the soup'. Penguin first published Wodehouse in 1936, a year after Penguin was founded, and this volume offers three of the comic master's most-loved stories: 'Jeeves and the Impending Doom'; Jeeves and the Song show more of Songs; The Clicking of Cuthbert. Bertie Wooster is on a losing streak and finds himself at the mercy of his aunts, Dahlia and Agatha, and only Jeeves is capable of extricating him from disaster; Cuthbert Banks is at the mercy of Wood Hills Literary and Debating Society and only a famous Russian novelist with a fondness for golf will be able to save him from an evening of High Culture. show lessTags
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This is one of the little Pocket Penguin editions that contains two of Wodehouse's Bertie and Jeeves short stories. Bertie and Jeeves is a little bit hit-and-miss with me; some of them come off hilariously but some feel like they go too far in relying on outright stupidity for the comedy.
Both of these stories veered towards the latter; they were both amusing, with Jeeves, as always, coming out on top. In Jeeves and the Impending Doom he gets a bit of revenge on Bertie too.
Jeeves and the Song of Songs was the winner for best dialogue; the exchange between Bertie and Aunt Dahlia made me chuckle.
Wodehouse is pretty much always on my TBR in some form or another because he can always be counted on for excellent and lighthearted writing.
Both of these stories veered towards the latter; they were both amusing, with Jeeves, as always, coming out on top. In Jeeves and the Impending Doom he gets a bit of revenge on Bertie too.
Jeeves and the Song of Songs was the winner for best dialogue; the exchange between Bertie and Aunt Dahlia made me chuckle.
Wodehouse is pretty much always on my TBR in some form or another because he can always be counted on for excellent and lighthearted writing.
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P. G. Wodehouse was born in Guildford, United Kingdom on October 15, 1881. After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London and then took a job as a sports reporter and columnist for the Globe newspaper. His first novel, The Pothunters, was published in 1902. He wrote over 100 novels and short show more story collections during his lifetime including A Perfect Uncle, Love Among the Chickens, The Swoop, P. Smith in the City, Meet Mr. Milliner, Doctor Sally, Quick Service, The Old Reliable, Uneasy Money, A Damsel in Distress, Jill the Reckless, The Adventures of Sally, A Pelican at Blandings, The Girl in Blue, and Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. His most famous characters, Bertie Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves, appeared in books such as Much Obliged, Jeeves. He also wrote lyrics for musical comedies and worked as screenwriter in Hollywood in the 1930s. In 1939, he bought a villa in Le Touquet on the coast of France. He remained there when World War II started in 1939. The following year, the Germans appropriated the villa, confiscated property, and arrested him. He was detained in various German camps for almost one year before being released in 1941. He went to Berlin and spoke of his experience in five radio talks to be broadcast to America and England. The talks themselves were completely innocuous, but he was charged with treason in England. He was cleared, but settled permanently in the United States. He became a citizen in 1955. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975. He died from a heart attack after a long illness on February 14, 1975 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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