Rummy Affair of Old Biffy

by P.G. Wodehouse

From back of
Many people think Bertie Wooster is much too dependent on his valet, Jeeves. But what's a young gentleman to do when he comes across someone who can cure a horrible hangover, fix a friends' romantic entanglements, and solve a relative's problem finding domestic help--all while managing to keep the old kitbag properly packed for travelling?

P.G. Wodehouse's tales of Bertie and Jeeves are as laugh-out-loud funny today as they were when they were first written in the 1920s. Alexander Spenser finds just the right voice for both Bertie and the impeccable Jeeves.

Includes these Jeeves & Bertie The Rummy Affiar of Old Biffy, Fixing It For Freddie, Clustering Round Young Bingo, and Bertie Changes His Mind.

"P.G. Wodehouse is hilarious as read aloud by Alexander Spenser."--Library Journal

Genres: Humor, Short Stories, Fiction, Audiobook

2 pages, Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1925

About the author

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read over 40 years after his death. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of prewar English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career.

An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.

Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).

Reviews

[wasteland baby · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

forever enamoured with these incredibly woosterish story titles. seeing "the rummy affair of old biffy" as the subject of an e-mail gladdens the heart like nothing else

[Vaishali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic... that is all.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

My version was on three audio CDs, and included 4 short stories. I thought the narrator was absolutely brilliant and I loved these short stories, especially the last one where the narrator played Jeeves instead of Wooster and talked about how he "handled his manager" by ultimately convincing him that taking care of little girls was no fun at all, and being a bachelor was his best option. One of the things I love about P.G. Wodehouse is his brilliant, witty way of telling the story and Wooster eventually achieving his goal, like when Bertie breaks into his friends house to steal his friend's wife's manuscript (to save his friend from embarrassment) and gets caught by the police and eventually escapes by climbing out an open window and running for his life.

[Zoë · Rating 4 out of 5]

In which Bertie gets to act a little loony and Jeeves gets to be petty and save the day!

Read as part of the Letters Regarding Jeeves series on Substack, which includes all of the Jeeves literature by P. G. Wodehouse that is currently in public domain — the first 25 short stories, as well as the entirety of the novel ‘Right Ho, Jeeves’ — over the course of one year.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here is another short story. HOWEVER the difference here is that it is NOT Bertie who gets into a sticky spot. It is his friend Buddy. Biffy comes to Bertie seeking help. In turn Bertie goes to Keeves for help

[Jerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was very engaging and entertaining. Bertie's friend, Biffy, has a problem. Unfortunately, Jeeves is reluctant to help which confuses Bertie. The ending of the story is surprising considering how most of the story progresses. I enjoyed this little story.

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stories makes for about 3 hours of Alexander Spencer pattering smoothly on the ear about Jeeves and Bertie extricating various people (including Bertie) from various scrapes. Delightful.

[Josh Dockter · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, satisfying. From "The World of Jeeves" collection.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this hilarious Jeeves and Wooster book. It was funny, intelligent, entertaining, and kept my interest from start to finish. Straight out funny, hilarious, and it mirrors life.

Made into television episodes with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

💥 Recommended.
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[The Docta · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very interesting to hear Fixing it with Freddie again but this time with Jeeves inserted into the story. Before it was a firend who was a producer of plays that was the character that suggested the scheme, but the character of Jeeves took over doing that in this version. Also, the last one Bertie Changes His Mind was told from the narrative of Jeeves and that was very interesting.

[Peggy bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wodehouse is always good for a laugh.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful!

[Amrita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laughed my heart out . Absolutely adored this one.