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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781572704350 Edition: Unabridged Format: Unabridged ISBN: 1572704357 Label: Audio Partners Manufacturer: Audio Partners Number Of Items: 6 Publication Date: 2005-01 Publisher: Audio Partners Studio: Audio Partners Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Bertie desperately wants to avoid the rural town of Steeple Bumpleigh, where his fearsome Aunt Agatha and her husband Lord Worplesdon (Uncle Percy) live, along with Berties ex-fiancée Florence Cray and her troubled younger brother. Nonetheless, Jeeves talks Bertie into visiting his Uncle Percy and mayhem ensues: Florences younger brother accidentally sets fire to the cottage where Bertie is to stay, but Uncle Percy accuses Bertie of arson. Florence is now betrothed to "Stilton" Cheesewright, an old school chum of Bertie's who is now a town constable and when Florence threatens to ditch him, he decides Bertie's up to no good. Meanwhile, Bertie promises Cousin Nobby to talk to Uncle Percy, who won't accept her engagement to a young writer. Can Bertie reconcile the family? Only Jeeves can help him weather the storm. P.G. Wodehouse first introduced the upper class twit, Bertie Wooster, and his astonishing valet, Jeeves, in a 1915 short story entitled "Extricating Young Gussie." Many more stories and full-length novels followed. Whereas Berties appraisals of a given predicament are often feeble and impetuous, Jeeves possesses great aplomb and common sense, married to a cool intelligence and ability to express himself with precision and economy. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good stuff.One of the better Jeeves and Wooster novels, and that's saying something. Packed full of boyscouts, fiancés, and Cheesewrights. This book just plain fun and is not to be missed, pick up your copy today. Now. And get another for the road. Wodehouse is the best English humorist that you'll never hear of in Brit Lit. Rating: - Wodehouse in Fine FettleReading some reviews I wonder if these readers read the same book I did. Wodehouse would seem the last author to psychoanalyze, and his books would seem the last to over-analyze, being almost the only antidote left to the over-everything of the modern (or is it post-modern world?). By the way, there is no "capital punishment" in this book, which refers to the death penalty. There is "corporal punishment" common in the Britain of Wodehouse's day and referred to often in his books as "six of the juciest" ... Read More Rating: - Not A Negative WordSuperlative, sterling, superior, tops, great, bang-up, bully, capital, outstanding, dandy, corking, distinguished, extraordinary, keen, nifty, humorous, peachy, whimsical, smashing, slap-up, swell, comical, amusing, mirthful, rummy, singular, funny, acute, sharp, perceptive, piercing, farcical, droll, risible, hilarious, witty, sidesplitting, uproarious, waggish, wry, jocose, zany, rosy, upbeat, and perfectly plotted, to say the least. Rating:  - WaitingI'm sure that I've read this one before (or the alternate Joy in the Morning) but don't seem to have a copy. So I've ordered one. Sure do wish all booksellers would put the alternate titles so that unsuspecting buyers don't buy duplicates. Oh and I thoroughly enjoy all the Bertie & Jeeves books. Check out his Psmith ones too! Rating: - One of the Best by the Master of FarceThis wonderfully humorous novel, published as Joy in the Morning in Britain, is perhaps the best of the Bertie and Jeeves novels, and I can think of no higher praise than that for any book. All the elements for a successful Bertie and Jeeves novel are here: love affairs go off the rails, imperiling Bertie's status as a bachelor; Bertie's actions to right things fail; and Jeeves comes to the rescue. In addition, there are some special features: Bertie's Uncle Percival, Lord Worplesdon, the ... Read More 
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