Reader Reviews for The Code of the Woosters:
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Summary: Funny narrating, lame stories
Comment: The language is very witty and entertaining. However the plots are thin, forced and ridiculous. The characters, especially the female ones, are not believable. Overall, pretty lame stories told in humorous language.
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Summary: The death-rattle of a dying duck
Comment: The manifold joys of "The Code of the Woosters," are, in my opinion, best represented by the likening of a character's distressed and non-verbal utterances to "the death-rattle of a dying duck" (Vintage paperback page 196). This passage is of great merit not only for the comedy inherent in the concept of ducks issuing death rattles, but also for the aptness of the description -- Wodehouse has hit upon the ideal phrase to describe the torment of a man faced with the *SPOILER (though not in the way you'd think)* prospect of his beloved niece marrying Bertie Wooster (an endearingly ridiculous and frequently befuddled man who depends on his brilliant butler Jeeves to navigate the many pitfalls of life, such as hangovers). Other reviewers have done far better at illuminating the overall appeal of "The Code of the Woosters" than I could, so instead of delving deeper into the book's many charms, I leave you with one more example of the novel's hilarity. When Bertie goes to ask the aforementioned uncle for his niece's hand in marriage, Bertie begins the conversation thus (page 194):
"Have you ever thought about love, Sir Watkyn?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"About love. Have you ever brooded on it to any extreme?"
"You have not come here to discuss love?"
"Yes, I have. That's exactly it. I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it - viz. that it is everywhere... Take newts, for instance."
"Are you quite well, Mr Wooster?"
"Oh, fine, thanks. Take newts, I was saying. You wouldn't think it, but Gussie Fink-Nottle tells me they get it right up their noses in the mating season. They stand in line by the hour, waggling their tails at the local belles. Starfish, too. Also undersea worms."
He then moves on to seaweed. Really, what more could one ask of a comedy?
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Summary: Fun overload
Comment: This is IMHO Wodehouse's second-best novel, second only to RIGHT-HO, JEEVES. The funny begins at the first line and never lets up.
This book includes some outstanding slapstick involving a Bertie, a big bruiser, a bedsheet, Aunt Dahlia, and a cigarette. The book introduces one of Wodehouses finest love-to-hate characters, Roderick Spode, and one of the strangest plot-central valuable-objects: the 18th-Century Silver Cow-Creamer.
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Summary: Break the Code and enjoy the fun!
Comment: I just loved The Code of the Woosters!!! But I am a sucker for Wodehouse, and will never stop reading his books, (or watching some of the Jeeves and Wooster on DVD), you are going to enjoy this one too, and you are going to laugh. But that's not all, you get great word play, you get comedy, you get farce, but you also get human emotions and last but not least, you get a look back in time - not really that far back only 100 years or so, give or take, but at a time that we can remember but without cell phones, where newspapers came out two or 3 times a day, where telegrams were sent like we email and where you could still get away with a clever impersonation! Enjoy! And if you are looking for some more Wodehouse fare, these are a few rare but VERY funny books that you will enjoy every last page of.....
Uneasy Money: A British Humor Classic
Three Men And A Maid: A British Humor Classic
The White Feather: A British Humor Classic
The Swoop!: A British Humor Classic
The Prince And Betty: A British Humor Classic
Enjoy the summer under a tree reading....Wodehouse :)
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Summary: I have this in a different format - but its just as funny!
Comment: I loved the Code of the Woosters! Of course, we all love Jeeves, everyone one of us needs a Jeeves in our lives - and we don't need a Wooster. Glad he's moved on to become a Doctor on TV.
One of the better Wodehouse books is also a great character, and I speak of the great Psmith, and in him you can trust, even if he is running a bank!
And that is the case in Psmith in the City, a breat book I just re-read and enjoyed even more!
Psmith In The City: A British Humor Classic
Get both!
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