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shortthoughts's review against another edition
5.0
Great fun. Sadly, this was the last full novel from Wodehouse.
latas's review against another edition
5.0
Ah! Pure bliss! I can't stop giggling.
I agree with [a:Lynne Truss|5571|Lynne Truss|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1424915883p2/5571.jpg] when she says -
“Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.”
I agree with [a:Lynne Truss|5571|Lynne Truss|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1424915883p2/5571.jpg] when she says -
“Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.”
fictionfan's review against another edition
5.0
The Maiden Eggesford horror…
When Bertie Wooster wakes one morning to find he has developed pink spots on his chest, his doctor orders him off to the country to rest. Aunt Dahlia finds him a little cottage, Wee Nooke, in the village of Maiden Eggesford, where she herself is visiting at Eggesford Hall. Needless to say, idyllic though the setting is, there’s no rest to be found for poor Bertie! Not only does Aunt Dahlia want him to help her nobble a horse in the big local race, but old flame Vanessa Cook has decided that she will marry Bertie, much to his horror. Not only is she the type of girl who expects him to give up smoking and cocktails, but she also feels he would be improved by reading more poetry. And Orlo Porter, who loves Vanessa and has been spurned by her, is on the warpath.
This was the last novel PG Wodehouse finished before his death, and it’s in the nature of a reprise of all his greatest hits. All the plots in the Jeeves and Wooster books are fundamentally the same, and that’s a large part of their charm. You know exactly what to expect and Wodehouse never fails to deliver. He repeats jokes from book to book, and yet they seem fresh every time because he’s such a master of the witty turn of phrase and his use of language is delicious.
The books with Aunt Dahlia in them are always my favourites. In this one, she intends to nobble Potato Chip, the racehorse owned by Vanessa’s father, because she has bet her all on Simla, owned by her host at Eggesford Hall. To achieve her aim, she arranges to steal a cat to which Potato Chip has become so deeply attached he refuses to train unless the cat is with him, and of course where better to hide a stolen cat than in Bertie’s cottage! Bertie tries to point out how ungentlemanly nobbling racehorses is, but Aunt Dahlia simply doesn’t see it that way. As Bertie has come to realise, aunts aren’t gentlemen. Mr Cook is on the warpath...
Of course, things get progressively more tangled, until the inimitable Jeeves saves the day with his usual display of inspired brilliance. Despite this having been written when Wodehouse was in his nineties, it’s right up there amongst his best. I chuckled my way through it, safe in the knowledge that all would be well. Jonathan Cecil is the perfect narrator for these books, and they are guaranteed to bring sunshine into the greyest day. It’s time they made Wodehouse available on the NHS!
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When Bertie Wooster wakes one morning to find he has developed pink spots on his chest, his doctor orders him off to the country to rest. Aunt Dahlia finds him a little cottage, Wee Nooke, in the village of Maiden Eggesford, where she herself is visiting at Eggesford Hall. Needless to say, idyllic though the setting is, there’s no rest to be found for poor Bertie! Not only does Aunt Dahlia want him to help her nobble a horse in the big local race, but old flame Vanessa Cook has decided that she will marry Bertie, much to his horror. Not only is she the type of girl who expects him to give up smoking and cocktails, but she also feels he would be improved by reading more poetry. And Orlo Porter, who loves Vanessa and has been spurned by her, is on the warpath.
"Lord Chesterfield said that since he had had the full use of his reason nobody had heard him laugh. I don't suppose you have read Lord Chesterfield's 'Letters To His Son'?"
Well, of course I hadn't. Bertram Wooster does not read other people's letters. If I were employed in the post office I wouldn't even read the postcards.
This was the last novel PG Wodehouse finished before his death, and it’s in the nature of a reprise of all his greatest hits. All the plots in the Jeeves and Wooster books are fundamentally the same, and that’s a large part of their charm. You know exactly what to expect and Wodehouse never fails to deliver. He repeats jokes from book to book, and yet they seem fresh every time because he’s such a master of the witty turn of phrase and his use of language is delicious.
If she ever turned into a werewolf, it would be one of those jolly breezy werewolves whom it is a pleasure to know.
The books with Aunt Dahlia in them are always my favourites. In this one, she intends to nobble Potato Chip, the racehorse owned by Vanessa’s father, because she has bet her all on Simla, owned by her host at Eggesford Hall. To achieve her aim, she arranges to steal a cat to which Potato Chip has become so deeply attached he refuses to train unless the cat is with him, and of course where better to hide a stolen cat than in Bertie’s cottage! Bertie tries to point out how ungentlemanly nobbling racehorses is, but Aunt Dahlia simply doesn’t see it that way. As Bertie has come to realise, aunts aren’t gentlemen. Mr Cook is on the warpath...
He was a red-headed chap, and my experience of the red-headed is that you can always expect high blood pressure from them in times of stress. The first Queen Elizabeth had red hair, and look what she did to Mary Queen of Scots.
Of course, things get progressively more tangled, until the inimitable Jeeves saves the day with his usual display of inspired brilliance. Despite this having been written when Wodehouse was in his nineties, it’s right up there amongst his best. I chuckled my way through it, safe in the knowledge that all would be well. Jonathan Cecil is the perfect narrator for these books, and they are guaranteed to bring sunshine into the greyest day. It’s time they made Wodehouse available on the NHS!
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minega31's review against another edition
5.0
This is a Wodehouse novel, so it goes without saying that its utterly delightful from beginning to end. Five stars even seems inadequate for something this beautifully written and witty.
sjgochenour's review against another edition
3.0
I adore Dahlia Travers, and I adore her relationship with her charmingly stupid and beloved nephew Bertie.
On the “whoo boy rich people in Great Britain in the early 19-whatsits” front, we’ve got Major Plank, “an African explorer”, a sort of proxy mockery of “the natives.”
Bertie, we are also reminded frequently, has execrable politics, but as he also has a valet, I don’t think that was ever in question.
On the “whoo boy rich people in Great Britain in the early 19-whatsits” front, we’ve got Major Plank, “an African explorer”, a sort of proxy mockery of “the natives.”
Bertie, we are also reminded frequently, has execrable politics, but as he also has a valet, I don’t think that was ever in question.
kchessrice's review against another edition
3.0
This is #15 of the Jeeves and Wooster series and was selected for my real life book club's book for discussion at our June meeting. We have been working around a theme of the number 15 to tie in with our 15th anniversary (method to the madness!) and the challenge here was to read the 15th book without having read thr preceding 14 to see if it meant the series must be up to snuff!
While Aunts Aren't Gentlemen was gently amusing, it wasn't side splitting comedy and felt like a rather desperate farce at times, with the plot revolving around a cat, a highly strung race horse and our hero finding himself engaged to young ladies he didn't like. Not good enough to make me want to read any of the others, although one positive is that it was quite short...
While Aunts Aren't Gentlemen was gently amusing, it wasn't side splitting comedy and felt like a rather desperate farce at times, with the plot revolving around a cat, a highly strung race horse and our hero finding himself engaged to young ladies he didn't like. Not good enough to make me want to read any of the others, although one positive is that it was quite short...
anamoshoshin's review against another edition
3.0
The version I have of this book is titled The Cat-nappers. Being a later book in Wodehouse's famous series, this book has a distillation of Jeeves and Wooster's style and references a lot of the other stories. I love these characters so I really enjoyed this book! Check out my full review at my website, Mad Cat Quits:
http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog/2020/6/24/cat-nappers
http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog/2020/6/24/cat-nappers
nmiall's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
cgbart's review against another edition
5.0
Ridiculous and delightful as any tale of Wooster and Jeeves.