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catherine_t's review
5.0
Two of P. G. Wodehouse's classic books collected into one volume make for some highly entertaining reading! While I was aware of Wodehouse's work, and have seen a couple of episodes of the BBC's "Jeeves and Wooster," I'd never read any. I'm just sorry it took me so long to get around to it!
It's pretty much impossible to give a synopsis of either book. Suffice it to say, through most of The Inimitable Jeeves, Bertie Wooster's friends get into scrapes that only Jeeves can get them out of. Bertie himself, despite being quite the silly ass, somehow manages to mostly remain outside of these situations, though he does manage to get himself into hot water with his Aunt Agatha more than once, and has sartorial differences with Jeeves. My Man Jeeves consists mainly of stories about Bertie and Jeeves in exile in New York City, with a few Reggie Pepper stories thrown in for good measure.
I giggled my way through this, and doubtless garnered some strange looks in the break room at work. If you're a fan of "Downton Abbey," this is rather the silly side of that very staid drama. But there's a reason people still read Wodehouse, and I rather think it's the relationship between Bertie and Jeeves. Jeeves is clearly the brains of the outfit, whilst Bertie is the financier of all the schemes, yet despite their unequal social standing, they are by way of being friends.
It's pretty much impossible to give a synopsis of either book. Suffice it to say, through most of The Inimitable Jeeves, Bertie Wooster's friends get into scrapes that only Jeeves can get them out of. Bertie himself, despite being quite the silly ass, somehow manages to mostly remain outside of these situations, though he does manage to get himself into hot water with his Aunt Agatha more than once, and has sartorial differences with Jeeves. My Man Jeeves consists mainly of stories about Bertie and Jeeves in exile in New York City, with a few Reggie Pepper stories thrown in for good measure.
I giggled my way through this, and doubtless garnered some strange looks in the break room at work. If you're a fan of "Downton Abbey," this is rather the silly side of that very staid drama. But there's a reason people still read Wodehouse, and I rather think it's the relationship between Bertie and Jeeves. Jeeves is clearly the brains of the outfit, whilst Bertie is the financier of all the schemes, yet despite their unequal social standing, they are by way of being friends.
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