Right Ho, Jeeves
Author:
P.G. Wodehouse
Publication:
1934 by Herbert Jenkins
Genre:
Adult Fiction, Fiction, Humor
Pages:
248
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JEEVES AT THE HELM
Another long story of the world-famous Jeeves.
When the happiness of Bertie Wooster's pal— two pals, in fact— was at stake and the situation called for action, Bertie could not sit idly by. Bertie's best-laid schemes, like those of mice and men, went "aft-a-agley", and it was as well that Jeeves was ever at hand, not only to pour oil on the troubled waters of the young master's machinations, but to give further evidence of his never-failing powers and resource.
Right-ho, Jeeves is yet another example of Mr. Wodehouse's inimitable humour.
From the dust jacket of the first UK edition
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Right Ho, Jeeves
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
Many of Wodehouse’s detractors have passed him off as superficial and only marginally funny. His defenders like Evelyn Waugh, Hillaire Belloc, Rudyard Kipling, Douglas Adams, and Terry Pratchett, however, speak of the genius behind the comedy and the subtlety in particular. Wodehouse is witty, satiric, profane, and almost exasperating in the incredible stupidity and vanity of his characters. And yet, in all of the head shaking and cringing, we laugh and laugh well...
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