Introducing Jeeves: Six Classic Stories

Jeeves #short stories

by P.G. Wodehouse

British humorist P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) charmed generations of readers with such whimsical characters as the Honourable Bertie Wooster — a deliciously dim aristocrat — and Jeeves, his imperturbable manservant. This entertaining collection presents six entertaining tales featuring the unflappable valet, among them "Leave It to Jeeves," "Jeeves Takes Charge," and "Jeeves in the Springtime." Sure to seduce longtime Wodehouse fans, these clever send-ups of the idle rich in Edwardian England will also tickle the funny bones of new readers. Large print edition.

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 23, 2004

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

[Vinay Mehta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure Wodehouse. All the stories are based in America, where Mr. Wooster is in hiding from Aunt Agatha. Six short stories but gives enough laughs during each of them. Liked it all the way.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Six stories about a British valet who is smart, clever, ever on his toes, and the young gentleman he works for who depends upon him. Funny stories told in British humour.

[Bobbiann Markle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, funny stories about a young gentleman and his valet, Jeeves.

[Lisa Reising · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laugh out loud fun - I had already read the last two stories in other books, but the first 4 were new to me and quite enjoyable.

[Emily Gawlak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enjoyable and entertaining! Highly recommend!

[Joseph Rizzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was introduced to Jeeves first by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie on the british television version of the stories. The show is extremely well done, but I am very glad now to have Jeeves' acquaintance via the writings of P.G. Wodehouse. The humor is every bit as entertaining in print. I can't get enough of their british aristocratic lingo...pip pip, toodle-oo, what what?, by Jove, chappie. It makes me want a Jeeves of my own, but I wouldn't want to be as aloof and idle as Bertie though. Very good Sir!

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining but formulaic.