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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
Fluffy and inconsequential...and cheerful and funny. I love Wooster books. Bertie just keeps getting into scrapes and Jeeves keeps getting him out of them. I don't have to think too hard when I read them, but I don't feel like I'm reading trash. They just lift my spirits when I'm down.
for a summary of the plot you can do no better than the great man himself:
And half an hour later I was toddling up the steps of [Aunt Dahlia's] residence and being admitted by old Seppings, her butler. Little knowing, as I crossed that threshold, that in about two shakes of a duck's tail I was to become involved in an imbroglio that would test the Wooster soul as it had seldom been tested before. I allude to the sinister affair of Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, old Pop Bassett, Stiffy Byng, the Rev. H.P. ('Stinker') Pinker, the eighteenth-century cow-creamer and the small, brown, leather-covered notebook.
No premonition of an impending doom, however, cast a cloud on my serenity as I buzzed in. I was looking forward with bright anticipation to the coming reunion with this Dahlia - she, as I may have mentioned before, being my good and deserving aunt, not to be confused with Aunt Agatha, who eats broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to the skin.
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one of these days i am really going to have to re-read all of the j&w books and make a compendium of all of the hilariously elaborate & beautifully descriptive insults said by aunt dahlia. my favorite from this one: "Spink-Bottle, you ghastly goggle-eyed piece of gorgonzola, will you hop it or will you not?"
And half an hour later I was toddling up the steps of [Aunt Dahlia's] residence and being admitted by old Seppings, her butler. Little knowing, as I crossed that threshold, that in about two shakes of a duck's tail I was to become involved in an imbroglio that would test the Wooster soul as it had seldom been tested before. I allude to the sinister affair of Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, old Pop Bassett, Stiffy Byng, the Rev. H.P. ('Stinker') Pinker, the eighteenth-century cow-creamer and the small, brown, leather-covered notebook.
No premonition of an impending doom, however, cast a cloud on my serenity as I buzzed in. I was looking forward with bright anticipation to the coming reunion with this Dahlia - she, as I may have mentioned before, being my good and deserving aunt, not to be confused with Aunt Agatha, who eats broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to the skin.
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one of these days i am really going to have to re-read all of the j&w books and make a compendium of all of the hilariously elaborate & beautifully descriptive insults said by aunt dahlia. my favorite from this one: "Spink-Bottle, you ghastly goggle-eyed piece of gorgonzola, will you hop it or will you not?"
A classic. Perhaps the best thing Wodehouse ever wrote. Bertie, Jeeves, Aunt Dahlia, Madeline Basset, Pop Basset and Roderick Spode all together at Totleigh Towers. An irresistible mix of baffled clubmen, dippy blondes, light fingered aunts, tetchy ex-magistrates and would-be dictators.
Childe Roland to the dark tower came, sir.
Childe Roland to the dark tower came, sir.
The disappearance of an eighteenth-century silver cow creamer threatens to land Bertie Wooster in jail. Jeeves come to the rescue, unearthing evidence to save his employer.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
4.75/5 ⭐️
This book made me laugh! I listened to it as an audiobook with a full cast recording and it was such a fun time. I enjoyed the plot that bounced all over the place. It was fast paced and enjoyable. Because there were so many different prices of dialogue happening in the short 2ish hours of listening, I did get a little lost at times.
This book made me laugh! I listened to it as an audiobook with a full cast recording and it was such a fun time. I enjoyed the plot that bounced all over the place. It was fast paced and enjoyable. Because there were so many different prices of dialogue happening in the short 2ish hours of listening, I did get a little lost at times.
Bertie Wooster, a proper British gentleman in the early 20th century, has a knack for getting himself into all sorts of trouble and sticky situations! Thankfully, his butler Jeeves seems to be around to help him out!
In this book Bertie's Aunt Dahlia wants him to go to someone's house and steal an 18th century cow creamer. The cow creamer now resides in Bassett's house. Bassett, the soon-to-be father-in-law of Bertie's friend Fink-Nottle, does not like Bertie. At the same time Fink-Nottle needs Bertie's help because his fiance Madeline Bassett isn't quite happy with him. Throw in Madeline's cousin Stephanie, who also wants Bertie's help and somehow everything and everyone's problems get all jumbled up with the cow creamer! Bertie, or Jeeves really, is going to have to think hard to untangle this mess!
This was a quick, fast, fun read. It's just one of those books that makes you giggle every so often and you know exactly the kind of character everyone is!
I read this book quite quickly and will definitely try to circle back to read other Wodehouse books in the future!
In this book Bertie's Aunt Dahlia wants him to go to someone's house and steal an 18th century cow creamer. The cow creamer now resides in Bassett's house. Bassett, the soon-to-be father-in-law of Bertie's friend Fink-Nottle, does not like Bertie. At the same time Fink-Nottle needs Bertie's help because his fiance Madeline Bassett isn't quite happy with him. Throw in Madeline's cousin Stephanie, who also wants Bertie's help and somehow everything and everyone's problems get all jumbled up with the cow creamer! Bertie, or Jeeves really, is going to have to think hard to untangle this mess!
This was a quick, fast, fun read. It's just one of those books that makes you giggle every so often and you know exactly the kind of character everyone is!
I read this book quite quickly and will definitely try to circle back to read other Wodehouse books in the future!
I’ve read this before, more than once, but this time, listening to an audiobook version, I was more aware than ever of the clever writing and the many humorous literary, classical, and biblical allusions. This is classic comedy—verbal, slapstick, satire, and (of course) a happy ending. My sister and I laughed out loud repeatedly as we listened to it on a recent trip. A little does go a long way, but it is a great escape.
This tells the tale of the affair of the 18th century cow-creamer, a small, brown leather notebook, Gussie Fink-Nottle and his fiancée Madeline Bassett where the Wooster soul and Jeeves' ingenuity are tested to the limit. Full of improbable coincidences, farcical set-pieces and outlandish characters, this was a great fun book that had me giggling several times. A great introduction to Bertram Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman.
I adore Wodehouse, but I admit I loved these stories more after having watched the Jeeves and Wooster TV series starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves. It's hilarious and charming simultaneously and it's incredibly helpful in deciphering Bertie's speech patterns in the books.
Bertie and his foolhardy friends get into ridiculous scrapes, or are forced into them by autocratic aunts, but either way, they are always saved by Jeeves' genius maneuvers. It's a sort of a loving lampoon of Britain's upper classes in the years after the Great War, and it's really worth a read. These books are basically an anti-depressant, so take two and call me after you read them.
Bertie and his foolhardy friends get into ridiculous scrapes, or are forced into them by autocratic aunts, but either way, they are always saved by Jeeves' genius maneuvers. It's a sort of a loving lampoon of Britain's upper classes in the years after the Great War, and it's really worth a read. These books are basically an anti-depressant, so take two and call me after you read them.