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The Inimitable Jeeves (BBC Radio Collection) | 
 enlarge | Author: P.g. Wodehouse
Creators: Michael Hordern, Richard Briers
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 35372
Format: Audiobook
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0563525525
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780563525523
ASIN: 0563525525
Publication Date: February 21, 2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With a cast of characters that includes bearded revolutionaries, practical-joking twins, incognito authors, and a pair of confidence tricksters, The Inimitable Jeeves finds our upper-class hero Bertie Wooster in all kinds of hot water. Of particular concern in this collection of short stories--sensitively abridged by Penguin and read by Simon Callow--is Bertie's friend Bingo Little, who falls in love so often that it is impossible to keep track of his romantic entanglements, and who always falls for the most unsuitable women. Unable to refuse to help a friend, Bertie is placed in one difficult situation after another, always under the watchful eye of his butler. Jeeves constantly works in the background, undermining Bertie's autonomy and moving the narrative in unexpected directions. He often fails to let his employer in on his plots, and a large proportion of his schemes turn out to expose Bertie to ridicule. Yet Jeeves also ensures that Bertie's life runs smoothly, steering him through the pitfalls which face a rich young man with too much time on his hands. When in one story Bertie overhears Jeeves describing his employer as "not intelligent", he sets out to disprove the butler's assessment. If it is predictable that things do not go according to plan, then it is Wodehouse's brilliant grasp of comedy which makes the manner in which things go wrong so constantly surprising. And, of course, by the end of the tale Jeeves has proved himself both inimitable and indispensable. --John Oates
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 Very funny frivolous farce August 20, 2008
Andres C. Salama (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
One of the first Jeeves and Bertie books by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, this is really a series of loosely connected short stories. Most of them (though not all) deals with dim witted bachelor Bertie Wooster, with the help of his inimitable and intelligent butler Jeeves, trying to help his friend Bingo Little, who can't fail to fall in love with the first woman in his sight. Bingo fears that if his uncle doesn't like the current woman he is wooing, he will cut the rent he depends on for living. By the time Bertie and Jeeves has the problem kind of sorted out, Bingo has lose interest in the woman. The other stories deal with Bertie trying to get himself out of his own problems, and with his aunt Agatha, who is always looking for a woman to marry him. Very funny sort of frivolous comedy.
 Top notch cast March 17, 2008
Graham R. Hill (Ilkley)
Just the job to while away a long car journey. It's worth the cost of the CD simply to hear Michael Horden intone "Indeed, sir" or Richard Briers exclaim "Dash it!". It would easily be possible to make the 'mentally negligible' Bertie Wooster too ridiculous, but Briers somehow keeps the character just this side of caricature.
The Inimitable P G Wodehouse October 12, 2007
Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 Absent Fathers'
Almost the first Jeeves and Wooster novel. Like `The Indiscretions of Archie' before it rather than be a novel the book is basically a series of short stories with a constant theme, that's not intended as a criticism as Wodehouse is the master of the short form and the stories are all fantastic. Although the book is less satisfying than the subsequent Jeeves novels, the thread running through the episodes make it better than a simple collection of stories.
This book introduces us to Bingo Little whom is constantly falling in love and requiring Jeeves to `scare up a happy ending'. Jeeves is not entirely altruistic and is sometimes known to further his own interests, making the `happy endings' not entirely predictable and adding to the almost perfect comedy Wodehouse was peddling at this stage in his career. Also new additions to the Wodehouse cast of characters are Honoria Glossop whom is one of many of Bingo's true loves much to the relief of Bertie Wooster whom is under his detested Aunt's instruction to woo himself.
Due to the famous Wodehouse misunderstandings and the `old noblesse obliqe', Bertie becomes engaged to Honoria who see's him very much as clay regarding moulding. Caddying for Honoria in a shopping expedition is one thing but when Honoria calls for Jeeves to be dismissed drastic measures are required.
Aid comes in the form of Honoria's father Nerve Specialist Sir Roderick Glossop, the world famous `Brain Doctor'. Can Jeeves convince Sir Roderick that Bertie's sanity is less than assured before tragedy strikes?
If you don't laugh out loud then you'll hear a couple of ribs part from their moorings under the strain. I think it prudent to illustrate the crisp language by giving the last word to Mr Wooster describing the lateness of the hour that he arrived at Twing Hall `It was only by getting into my evening things in record time and taking the stairs to the dinner-room in a couple of bounds that I managed to dead-heat with the soup.'
What ho! May 19, 2007
cluricaune (Co. Armagh, N. Ireland)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although "The Inimitable Jeeves" is not the first appearance of the famous double act, Jeeves and Wooster, it is the first book to be 'completely' dedicated to them. It was first published in 1923, and was originally known in America as, simply, "Jeeves".
The book is set in the 1920s England and features Wodehouse's best known creations : Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. Bertie is the book's wealthy, good-natured and rather dim narrator. He's a member of the "idle rich" and, rather than having to work for a living, lives off an allowance provided by his uncle. He spends much of his time in the bar-room of the Drones Club, is fond of the occasional wager and has an appalling dress sense. Luckily, Bertie has Jeeves to look after him. Without Jeeves, Bertie's life would be a mess : he makes an excellent hangover cure, his bets usually win and he's intelligent enough to rescue Bertie from nearly any situation. He disapproves of Bertie's more garish items of clothing, and will - occasionally - take it upon himself to deal with the offending item.
All of the short stories are connected and most of them involve Bertie's friend Bingo Little, who is always falling in love - occasionally while still 'officially' in love with another. It's Bingo who most consistently drops Bertie into trouble : Bingo's schemes generally aim for an increase in his allowance from his Uncle, with the intention of marrying his latest girlfriend. Generally, Bingo's intended is a girl his uncle wouldn't approve of - so he ropes Bertie and Jeeves into helping him out. There are also appearances for Bertie's troublesome cousins, Claude and Eustace, a devious bookmaker called Steggles and Bertie's fearsome Aunt Agatha. Bertie is held in very low esteem by Agatha, but she is determined that Bertie should marry - Bertie's opinion, as far as she is concerned, is irrelevant.
A very easy and enjoyable read.
Wodehouse is the best January 24, 2006
L. L. M. Almenningen
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love PG Wodehouse's book - especially the ones about Jeeves and Wooster. Wodehouse's humor is kind and gentle and funnier than most other authors' around today. To discover that his books were given out on audio just made my day.I highly recommend this audio book.
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