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Collector's Wodehouse: The Inimitable Jeeves (Hardcover)

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5.00 out of 5 stars review
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03/19/2016
How does he look, Jee...
"How does he look, Jeeves?" "Sir?" "What does Mr Bassington-Bassington look like?" "It is hardly my place, sir, to criticize the facial peculiarities of your friends." Another fresh breeze from the wonderland of Wodehouse. The best of the Jeeves and Wooster-short story collections I have read so far. Bertie and Jeeves again and again have to help love-struck Bingo Little out of scrapes as he continues to fall in love at first sight. However the most funny story is not about Bingo Little, but "The Great Sermon Handicap" as Wooster and his friends tries to predict which priest will deliver the longest sermon on a given sunday. Of course there's a lot of foul play - and Jeeves outsmarts them all. Hilarious. "What are the chances of a cobra biting Harold, Jeeves?" "Slight, I should imagine, sir. And in such an event, knowing the boy as intimately as I do, my anxiety would be entirely for the snake." Honoria, you see, is one of those robust, dynamic girls with the muscles of a welter-weight and a laugh like a squadron of cavalary charging over a tin bridge.
ctpress

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06/06/2014
I dont know what I wa...
I don't know what I was expecting from my first P. G. Wodehouse, but I can't say I was either disappointed or much surprised with this series of inter-connected short stories. The ongoing gag of Jeeves getting upset at Bertie for making what he considers to be sartorial faux-pas was amusing, as was Bertie's friend Bingo's insistence on falling helplessly in love with every girl he laid his eyes on. It's a kind of old-fashioned British humour that is comforting and elicited a few chuckles. I was warned that Wodehouse is best appreciated in short bursts, since the stories tend to get repetitious after a while, and though I heeded the warning, I still found the stories a bit tiresome after a while. I thought the audiobook was a good introduction because a proper British accent does go a long way sometimes. I have the second Jeeves book on my shelves, but I can't say I'm dying to get to it. I won't toss it out either, because sometimes blandness is just the kind of thing I'm in the mood for. That said, when it comes to 1920s British upper class humour, I think I'd rather read Vile Bodies all over again any day, though of course it's not nearly as relaxing.
Smiler69
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    05/09/2020
    This one is lots of fun. Poor Bertie, it must be hard for such a nice guy to have such awfully demanding friends. And Jeeves, of course, is a wonder. Can his shrewd, calculating brain save Bertie again? This series' humor is pitch perfect, and it continues to delight.
    MuuMuuMousie
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    04/04/2020
    This collection of Bertie's antics are sure to amuse readers. One wonders how Bertie managed to get out of his many fixes before Jeeves was there to rescue him from his antics. The humor in these pages never seems dated and is just as funny as when they were first penned.
    Maydacat
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    06/26/2017
    England, ca 1920 Indeh...
    England, ca 1920 Indeholder kapitlerne "1. Jeeves snor sine hjernevindinger", "2. Ingen bryllupsklokker for Bingo", "3. Tante Agatha siger sin mening", "4. Perler betyder tårer", "5. Woosternes stolthed bliver såret", "6. Heltens belønning", "7. Hvor Claude og Eustace optræder", "8. Sir Roderick kommer til frokost", "9. Et introduktionsbrev", "10. Elevatomandens fine sokker", "11. Borger Bingo", "12. Bingo er uheldig ved Goodwood", "13. Det store præste-handicap", "14. Et pust fra storstaden", "15. Claude og Eustaces forsinkede afrejse", "16. Bingo får en hjertenskær", "17. Når enden er god -". Bertie Wooster er en uforbedrelig døgenigt af en ungkarl. Hans uforlignelige butler Jeeves er superb til at vikle Bertie ud af alskens kniber, hvilket der er rig lejlighed til i denne bog. Vennen Bingo Little forelsker sig i diverse underlige damemennesker, Bertie bliver sat til at forberede Bingos onkel på at fordoble Bingos underholdsbidrag men det går i vasken på flere måder. Jeeves misbilliger Berties røde lændeskærf og hans spinatgrønne sokker og får sin vilje mod at redde Bertie fra tante Agatha. Jeeves redder også tante Agatha fra at få stjålet sine perler af et svindlerpar forklædt som en præst og hans søster. Et plot hvor Bertie skubber Oswald i vandet for at Bingo skal redde ham og indynde sig ved Oswalds søster Honoria går helt i fisk. Bingo dukker ikke op og Bertie forsøger at redde Oswald, der imidlertid svømmer som en fisk og sladrer om at det var Bertie, der skubbede ham i. Honoria kaster sig nu over Bertie for at blive gift med ham og få ham opdraget ordentligt - hvilket blandt andet vil medføre at Jeeves skal ud. Heldigvis skal Bertie godkendes af Honorias far, Sir Roderick Glossop, som vil sikre sig at Bertie ikke er helt skør. Det får Jeeves på mesterlig vis til at gå op i en absurd historie, hvor Claude og Eustace hugger Rodericks hat, som dukker op i Berties lejlighed sammen med 20 katte og en meget død laks. Jeeves foreslår Bertie at stikke af til New York bagefter og det falder i god jord. I New York møder de Cyril Bassington-Bassington og spænder i god overensstemmelse med Tante Agathas ønsker ben for dennes skuespilkarriere. Bingo forelsker sig så i Charlotte Corday Rowbotham der er datter af en mand med et glødende had til bourgeoisiet. Bingo forklæder sig som en af flokken, men afsløres af en rival i kampen om Charlotte - ikke ganske uden hjælp af Jeeves. Bingo har tabt sine sidste skillinger på en hest i Goodwood løbene og tager job som huslærer i Twing Hall. Her vrimler det med præster og Claude og Eustace har organiseret et væddemål over hvilke præster der kan holde de længste taler. Jeeves er ikke overraskende ene vinder. Bingo har forelsket sig i lady Cynthia men får også her en kurv. Så forelsker han sig i Mary Burgess og her er chancerne så små at folk i landsbyerne omkring vædder på dem. Han organiserer en revue, men den går så grueligt i vasken at man tror det er løgn. Og selvfølgelig indkasserer Jeeves også på det resultat. Tilbage i London får Bertie ansvaret for at få sendt Claude og Eustace til Sydafrika, men de misser selvfølgelig båden og voldgæster Bertie mens de begge bager på en Marion Wardour. Jeeves løser alle problemer endda på så elegant måde at Bertie først blamerer sig ved at påstå at han selv har løst problemerne og derefter må indse og tilstå at det var Jeeves, der stod bag. Bingo ender med at blive gift med en serveringsdame, hvilket er fint. Det er derimod en katastrofe at hun faktisk er Rosie M. Banks, hvilket Bertie er blevet overtalt af Bingo til at udgive sig for. Det giver en rædselsfuld skandale, som Bertie flygter for mens Jeeves ordner sagerne. Da Bertie kommer tilbage igen, går det op for ham at Jeeves har klaret det ved at udlægge Bertie som totalt skør. Men Bertie tilgiver Jeeves i løbet af to minutter, da han lægger mærke til alle de perfekte detaljer i hvordan Jeeves pusler om ham. Bertie har en rygrad af gelatine og Jeeves en hjerne som en springfjeder. Meget underholdende situationskomik
    bnielsen
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    04/12/2016
    Jeeves is arguably P. ...
    Jeeves is arguably P. G. Wodehouse's greatest character creation. In this volume Jeeves hovers around in the background until brought forth by Bertie Wooster to help him or a friend out of a tight spot. This isn't a novel in the strictest sense but more of a chronology of short stories with running themes and reoccurring characters. Some chapters work better than others. The best ones feature some top quality humour. A dashed good read.
    PhilSyphe
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
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    03/19/2016
    How does he look, Jee...
    "How does he look, Jeeves?" "Sir?" "What does Mr Bassington-Bassington look like?" "It is hardly my place, sir, to criticize the facial peculiarities of your friends." Another fresh breeze from the wonderland of Wodehouse. The best of the Jeeves and Wooster-short story collections I have read so far. Bertie and Jeeves again and again have to help love-struck Bingo Little out of scrapes as he continues to fall in love at first sight. However the most funny story is not about Bingo Little, but "The Great Sermon Handicap" as Wooster and his friends tries to predict which priest will deliver the longest sermon on a given sunday. Of course there's a lot of foul play - and Jeeves outsmarts them all. Hilarious. "What are the chances of a cobra biting Harold, Jeeves?" "Slight, I should imagine, sir. And in such an event, knowing the boy as intimately as I do, my anxiety would be entirely for the snake." Honoria, you see, is one of those robust, dynamic girls with the muscles of a welter-weight and a laugh like a squadron of cavalary charging over a tin bridge.
    ctpress
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
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    11/24/2015
    Bertie Wooster and his...
    Bertie Wooster and his manservant, Jeeves, embark on many adventures involving family and friends. Its guaranteed that hilarity will ensue. While Bertie is enmeshed in some crazy scheme, Jeeves undoubtedly will go behind the scenes to save the day. One never knows what sort of silly situation Bertie or his friends will end up in.Well-off Bertie is not exactly like anyone I've ever known. I did know a man who didn't bother working as he had enough money to live on but he had a rather more modern lifestyle than Bertie does. After all, these stories were published around 1920.There is no comparison with the jaunty, succinct exchanges between Bertie and Jeeves. They are hilarious in that they convey so much with so few words. 'Steggles is a bad man. From now on, Jeeves, we must watch Harold like hawks.' 'Undoubtedly, sir.' 'Ceaseless vigilance, what?' 'Precisely, sir.' 'You wouldn't care to sleep in his room, Jeeves?' 'No, sir, I should not.' 'No, nor would I, if it comes to that. But dash it all,' I said, 'we're letting ourselves get rattled! We're losing our nerve. This won't do. How can Steggles possibly get at Harold, even if he wants to?' There was no cheering young Bingo up. He's one of those birds who simply leap at the morbid view, if you give them half a chance. 'There are all sorts of ways of nobbling favourites,' he said, in a sort of death-bed voice. 'You ought to read some of these racing novels. In Pipped on the Post, Lord Jasper Mauleverer as near as a toucher outed Bonny Betsy by bribing the head lad to slip a cobra into her stable the night before the Derby!' 'What are the chances of a cobra biting Harold, Jeeves?' 'Slight, I should imagine, sir. And in such an event, knowing the boy as intimately as I do, my anxiety would be entirely for the snake.' 'Still, unceasing vigilance, Jeeves.' 'Most certainly, sir.'My favorite story in this collection is The Metropolitan Touch. Bertie's friend Bingo Little thinks he's in love and will do just about anything to make himself look worthy to the young lady of his affection. This includes taking over the directing of a Christmas play in a rural community. Of course he has no experience at directing plays. Absolutely brilliant! I seriously laughed out loud throughout the performance part.Even though Jeeves always saves the day, my favorite character is Bertie. I love his exasperation and his chirpy colloquialisms. "What the deuce?" "a corking reward," and "it will be a frost" are just three examples.I've previously read Jeeves in the Morning and Carry On, Jeeves and while I love them both, I think I love this book even more! Do read this book if you enjoy old-style British humor.
    BooksOn23rd
  • 3.00 out of 5 stars review
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    06/06/2014
    I dont know what I wa...
    I don't know what I was expecting from my first P. G. Wodehouse, but I can't say I was either disappointed or much surprised with this series of inter-connected short stories. The ongoing gag of Jeeves getting upset at Bertie for making what he considers to be sartorial faux-pas was amusing, as was Bertie's friend Bingo's insistence on falling helplessly in love with every girl he laid his eyes on. It's a kind of old-fashioned British humour that is comforting and elicited a few chuckles. I was warned that Wodehouse is best appreciated in short bursts, since the stories tend to get repetitious after a while, and though I heeded the warning, I still found the stories a bit tiresome after a while. I thought the audiobook was a good introduction because a proper British accent does go a long way sometimes. I have the second Jeeves book on my shelves, but I can't say I'm dying to get to it. I won't toss it out either, because sometimes blandness is just the kind of thing I'm in the mood for. That said, when it comes to 1920s British upper class humour, I think I'd rather read Vile Bodies all over again any day, though of course it's not nearly as relaxing.
    Smiler69
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    04/30/2012
    What I enjoyed most ab...
    What I enjoyed most about this novel was all the British expressions and the dry humor, not to mention how Jeeves has his employer wrapped around his little finger. I loved how he always managed to make Bertie get rid of clothing that Jeeves didn't like.
    tjsjohanna
  • 3.00 out of 5 stars review
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    03/17/2010
    Frothy and blithe and ...
    Frothy and blithe and meant to be read basking outside with blue skies and hella sun. More of a series of quickly Oh Bertie! episodes; moves everything along at a lightening clip, but also makes me miss some of the rumbling cacophony of the more elaborately orchestrated Wodehouse plots.
    nohablo
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
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    12/25/2007
    The Inimitable Jeeves...
    "The Inimitable Jeeves" is a collection of short stories that shows Wodehouse's command of the form, but this volume, focusing as many of the stories do on the romantic escapades of Bingo Little, has a little bit more unity than others. As Bingo is almost as funny a feckless idiot (in the words of Aunt Agatha) as Bertie, it is thoroughly enjoyable. Best stories are "No Wedding Bells for Bingo" and, of course, "The Great Sermon Handicap" and "The Purity of the Turf."
    billiecat