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My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is cool-headed and poised. This collection, the first book of Jeeves and Wooster stories, includes "Absent Treatment," "Helping Freddie," "Rallying Round Old George," "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good," "Fixing It for Freddie," and "Bertie Changes His Mind."
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Reader Reviews for My Man Jeeves: Collected Works of P. G. Wodenhouse:
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Summary: Classic dry Wodehouse humor, read by a master
Comment: This DVD contains three Jeeves stories, wonderfully interpreted by the talented Martin Jarvis. The reading of the stories is so good that you can easily envision the hilarious antics of the ever-bumbling Bertie and his "gentleman's gentleman" Jeeves. The first story is the best because it is actually about the two main characters. The second and third stories concern events, narrated by either Jeeves or Bertie, which happen to other people.
The first story is worth the price of the DVD, as Bertie decides that his life is tiresome, that he is lonely and so needs some variety. Jeeves interprets this with some alarm as he believes that Bertie may be contemplating marriage. When Bertie goes so far as to actually suggest that his sister and her three daughters move in with him after he purchases a place in the country, Jeeves intervenes in his own stately and inimitable manner. The one-liners all the way through are terrific. And the stories are just wonderful. This is a DVD that can be played time and again without becoming old.
I recommend not only purchasing this Wodehouse collection, but any Wodehouse read by Jarvis.
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Summary: what can I say? I love Jeeves!
Comment: Jeeves is the latter day fairy god father. Who wouldn't want such an unflappable resource with answers to all questions at one's beck and call? Even when it looks as if Jeeves might be wrong, he has all in hand, it all turns out well. This is a restful collection of Wodehouse's short stories. Wodehouse was an adept storyteller, long or short from, and while this is not a collection of his very best shorts, it's quite a good sampling.
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Summary: Jeeves is always good.
Comment: Short Jeeves and Pepper (prototype of Wooster) stories. Interesting cause theyre early stories, otherwise not the best Wodehouse, but still awesome.
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Summary: Jeeves!
Comment: The title is a bit misleading; Bertie Wooster and Jeeves appear in lnly half the short stories here. The rest are tales of Reggie pepper, Wodehouse's precursor to Bertie. Sadly, Reggie does not have a Jeeves of his own to get him out of trouble and must fend for himself. Somehow, he manages to get out of his predicaments relatively unscathed, occasionally with help from other members of the Drones club, but it's not near as much fun as having a Jeeves around. Still, fun, light, and entertaining as Wodehouse always is.
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Summary: Early Wodehouse Treasures
Comment: Originally published in 1919, this collection contains four early Jeeves adventures and four tales featuring Reggie Pepper, who was a sort of prototype for Bertie Wooster.
Stories include:
Leave It to Jeeves
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg
Absent Treatment
Helping Freddie
Rallying Round Old George
Doing Clarence a Bit of Good
The Aunt and the Sluggard
Many of these stories would later appear, with only slight changes, in Carry On Jeeves.
The writing is typical Wodehouse: breezy, slightly sardonic and really quite funny.
4.5 stars.
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