Carry On, Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

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A classic collection of Jeeves and Wooster stories from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century Featured in The Sunday Times Great Audiobooks list 'What a very, very lucky person you are. Spread out before you are the finest and funniest words from the finest and funniest writer the past century ever knew' Stephen Fry _____________________________________ 'I expect I shall feel better after tea.' A collection of ten uproarious short stories. From the moment Jeeves cures Bertie of a raging hangover with his own concoction of Worcestershire sauce and tomato juice, they become steadfast partners. Whether it is fixing a plan-gone-wrong, or solving his friends' love lives, Jeeves is Bertie's unfaltering aide through a series of accidental - and self-imposed - misadventures. _____________________________________ 'The incomparable and tireless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!' Kate Mosse 'I'm not sure I can entirely like or trust anyone who doesn't love Jeeves and Wooster.' John Connolly, Daily Mail

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as 'Plum') wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language. Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler's Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club. In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine's Day.

Pure pleasure -- The Times The ultimate in comfort reading -- Marian Keyes A grown-up book - but not that grown-up -- Katy Guest I am a huge fan -- Jennifer Saunders If we're talking about culture that makes people happy, we have to start with the works of P.G. Wodehouse -- BBC Culture To have one of his books in your hand is to possess by way of a pill that can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. Paper has rarely been put to better use than printing Wodehouse. Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists. His world is perfect, his writing is perfect. What more is there to be said? P. G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit. An incomparable and timeless genius. P. G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than valium and far, far more addictive. P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply or with quite so much wit and affection. Wodehouse is a comic master. For as long as I'm immersed in a P. G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day. I'm a huge fan. Wodehouse writes proper jokes. To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.