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The P.G. Wodehouse Collection
P.G. Wodehouse was a prolific British author throughout much of the 20th century. Wodehouse is still one of the most widely read humorists and his Jeeves stories are considered classics. This collection includes the following:
NOVELS:
Mike
Mike and Psmith
Psmith in the City
Psmith, Journalist
The Pothunters
A Prefect’s Uncle
The Gold Bat
William Tell Told Again
The Head of Kay’s
Love Among the Chickens
The White Feather
Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel
The Swoop!
The Gem Collector
The Prince and Betty
The Little Nugget
Something New
Uneasy Money
Piccadilly Jim
A Damsel in Distress
The Coming of Bill
Jill the Reckless
The Girl on the Boat
The Adventures of Sally
Indiscretions of Archie
The Intrusion of Jimmy
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS:
My Man Jeeves
Tales of St. Austin’s
The Man Upstairs, and Other Stories
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
The Clicking of Cuthbert
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
The Politeness of Princes, and Other School Stories
NON-FICTION:
A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories
NOVELS:
Mike
Mike and Psmith
Psmith in the City
Psmith, Journalist
The Pothunters
A Prefect’s Uncle
The Gold Bat
William Tell Told Again
The Head of Kay’s
Love Among the Chickens
The White Feather
Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel
The Swoop!
The Gem Collector
The Prince and Betty
The Little Nugget
Something New
Uneasy Money
Piccadilly Jim
A Damsel in Distress
The Coming of Bill
Jill the Reckless
The Girl on the Boat
The Adventures of Sally
Indiscretions of Archie
The Intrusion of Jimmy
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS:
My Man Jeeves
Tales of St. Austin’s
The Man Upstairs, and Other Stories
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
The Clicking of Cuthbert
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
The Politeness of Princes, and Other School Stories
NON-FICTION:
A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories
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About the author
P.G. Wodehouse
1,550 books6,830 followersSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE, was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read over 40 years after his death. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse's main canvas remained that of prewar English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career.
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by more recent writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend.
Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song Bill in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin/Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).
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March 2, 2018
This was my second time through this lovely collection. I always love Bertie’s attitude as he gets through each difficulty. Jeeves is hilarious!
December 13, 2017
Technically this is several books, a few short story collections and the hilarious full-length Right Ho, Jeeves. In many places this is laugh-out-loud funny and even when the gags start to get old Wodehouse manages to freshen it up with some new hilarity. Don't make the mistake of thinking this is all slapstick. The subtler humor is just as astute in these.
December 14, 2017
I freely admit this type of early 20th century British humour may not be for everyone, but I absolutely love it.
P.G. Wodehouse is a huge influence on some of my favourite writers, such as Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams (and really, any British humourist from the later 20th century), so what's not to love? The snappy dialogue, the quick wit, the wry British comedy of manners - Wodehouse perfected this comedy style that would go on to be adapted by so many, and B.J. Harrison performs it wonderfully. He uses the style of narration common to many English voice actors, adopting different voices, accents and speech patterns for every speaking role, so that it ends up sounding like a radio play performed by one actor.
This collection contains one novel (Right Ho, Jeeves) and about twenty short stories, so it's a bit on the long side, especially as the stories tend to get a bit repetitive, but the novel itself is a prime, sparkling example of Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster stories. It's hilarious, fast-paced and ridiculous, not to mention surprisingly crass. I've never heard an old British lady call her nephew an "ass" so many times in my life. True, it's tame by today's standards, but after the very proper and mannerly stories in the first half, all those "cuss words" thrown around in the novel were downright scandalous, and is a perfect example about how profanity, when used carefully and sparingly, is a potent comic weapon. I've never quite mastered it myself, so it's nice to observe a master.
P.G. Wodehouse is a huge influence on some of my favourite writers, such as Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams (and really, any British humourist from the later 20th century), so what's not to love? The snappy dialogue, the quick wit, the wry British comedy of manners - Wodehouse perfected this comedy style that would go on to be adapted by so many, and B.J. Harrison performs it wonderfully. He uses the style of narration common to many English voice actors, adopting different voices, accents and speech patterns for every speaking role, so that it ends up sounding like a radio play performed by one actor.
This collection contains one novel (Right Ho, Jeeves) and about twenty short stories, so it's a bit on the long side, especially as the stories tend to get a bit repetitive, but the novel itself is a prime, sparkling example of Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster stories. It's hilarious, fast-paced and ridiculous, not to mention surprisingly crass. I've never heard an old British lady call her nephew an "ass" so many times in my life. True, it's tame by today's standards, but after the very proper and mannerly stories in the first half, all those "cuss words" thrown around in the novel were downright scandalous, and is a perfect example about how profanity, when used carefully and sparingly, is a potent comic weapon. I've never quite mastered it myself, so it's nice to observe a master.
June 17, 2024
It is actually a must read classic. Hilarious. I just love Jeaves.
I heard this collection on Audible and they have done a good job. The music takes you back to the era and it feels like those old age shows and cartoons we would see on repeat. The voice modulation is good too. In some other books when the narrator adjusts the voice according to characters, it sometimes becomes the only point to drop down the book but here it was an amazing voice modulation. I loved the way Jeaves sounded and the voice suited even in a female dialogue.
It's funny and entertaining. The stories captures the interest and the humour won't let you bore down. This one was long because of collection of books. The individual books are quite short reads. There wer all sorts of stories in it including suspense and love stories but I would keep it in Humour genre. A must read book. I can pick up P.G. Wodehouse without second thoughts.
Maybe I will make a record of reading all these long books this year ;)
I heard this collection on Audible and they have done a good job. The music takes you back to the era and it feels like those old age shows and cartoons we would see on repeat. The voice modulation is good too. In some other books when the narrator adjusts the voice according to characters, it sometimes becomes the only point to drop down the book but here it was an amazing voice modulation. I loved the way Jeaves sounded and the voice suited even in a female dialogue.
It's funny and entertaining. The stories captures the interest and the humour won't let you bore down. This one was long because of collection of books. The individual books are quite short reads. There wer all sorts of stories in it including suspense and love stories but I would keep it in Humour genre. A must read book. I can pick up P.G. Wodehouse without second thoughts.
Maybe I will make a record of reading all these long books this year ;)
May 28, 2018
Written almost a century ago, these stories feel very modern. Very dry and very funny. I’m glad I picked this up. I listened to this on Audible and the Narrator was perfect in setting the tone for these stories.
October 21, 2016
A book that can make me giggle and snort during rush hour traffic earns 5 stars. Right ho!
June 20, 2024
Listened on Audible.
Contents of Audible Collection
1. Leave It To Jeeves
2. Jeeves & The Unbidden Guest
3. The Aunt & The Sluggard
4. Death at the Excelsior chapter i
5. chapter ii
6. chapter iii
7. chapter iv
8. chapter v
9. chapter vi
10. chapter vii
11. Extricating Young Gussie
12. Jeeves & the Hardboiled Egg
13. The Man Upstairs
14. Jeeves & the Chump Cyril
15. Jeeves Takes Charge
16. Deep Waters
17. The Man Who Disliked Cats
18. Jeeves in the Springtime
19. Right Ho, Jeeves! chapter i
20. chapter ii
21. chapter iii
22. chapter iv
23. chapter v
24. chapter vi
25. chapter vii
26. chapter viii
27. chapter ix
28. chapter x
29. chapter xi
30. chapter xii
31. chapter xiii
32. chapter xiv
33. chapter xv
34. chapter xvi
35. chapter xvii
36. chapter xviii
37. chapter xix
38. chapter xx
39. chapter xxi
40. chapter xxii
41. chapter xxiii
The contents of the Kindle Collection is different.
Contents of Audible Collection
1. Leave It To Jeeves
2. Jeeves & The Unbidden Guest
3. The Aunt & The Sluggard
4. Death at the Excelsior chapter i
5. chapter ii
6. chapter iii
7. chapter iv
8. chapter v
9. chapter vi
10. chapter vii
11. Extricating Young Gussie
12. Jeeves & the Hardboiled Egg
13. The Man Upstairs
14. Jeeves & the Chump Cyril
15. Jeeves Takes Charge
16. Deep Waters
17. The Man Who Disliked Cats
18. Jeeves in the Springtime
19. Right Ho, Jeeves! chapter i
20. chapter ii
21. chapter iii
22. chapter iv
23. chapter v
24. chapter vi
25. chapter vii
26. chapter viii
27. chapter ix
28. chapter x
29. chapter xi
30. chapter xii
31. chapter xiii
32. chapter xiv
33. chapter xv
34. chapter xvi
35. chapter xvii
36. chapter xviii
37. chapter xix
38. chapter xx
39. chapter xxi
40. chapter xxii
41. chapter xxiii
The contents of the Kindle Collection is different.
May 27, 2023
I had read most but not all of the Jeeves and Wooster stories in this collection, and those never disappoint, especially with a great audiobook narrator. Feeling down after reading too many grim classics*? Jeeves and Wooster is the perfect antidote. It was interesting to read some Wodehouse stories that *weren't* Jeeves and Wooster; that style is so iconic that I halfway expected it to carry over into the other tales. The murder mystery was decent but not mind-blowing, and Wodehouse's strengths definitely lie in humor--although the non-Wooster humor story in the collection was a bit lackluster so maybe his true strengths lie specifically in J&W.
*I love most of the classics, but I will be the first to admit I need a pick-me-up after some depressing Russian lit.
*I love most of the classics, but I will be the first to admit I need a pick-me-up after some depressing Russian lit.
January 5, 2021
This book is a riot, and after finishing a rather dark book at the year-end, reading this collection by PG Wodehouse was what I needed. The characterization by Mr. Wodehouse is so alive with their expressions, mannerisms, foibles; it feels like I am walking with them in the story. This is my third book by Mr. Wodehouse and though I liked the first two as well, I believe it is only now I am fully able to appreciate his writing and understand what all the fuss is about. Out of the 7-novels I like Indiscretions of Archie the best, it tickled me to no end.
April 8, 2021
A pure delight. It includes a full-length novel (Right Ho, Jeeves) and short stories, mostly about Jeeves and Wooster but some other ones as well. The narration is perfect. Laurie and Fry couldn't have done better. (The narrator struggles a little with female characters, but then, one could say Wodehouse struggled with writing female characters who weren't overbearing aunts.)
November 5, 2024
This was fun to listen to. I was laughing out loud frequently. It has a situation comedy feel to it. The butler Jeeves is always getting his employer, Bertie Wooster, and his friends out of jams. This book lent itself to the audiobook format because there is so much dialogue and old-fashioned slang. I found that it was light enough to listen to while driving.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2020
What a fun series! The language that Wodehouse uses in his Jeeves series is absolutely enchanting. The storylines are a bit silly, if not a little absurd, but thoroughly enjoyable. The hijinks that Bertram Wooster gets up to are a delight to read about. Check them out, you will not be sorry.
December 9, 2021
Some Quite funny some just kinda cute. It was perfectly adequate. The Jeeves ones were probably best Overall, but also largely formulaic.
My two favorite were "Right Ho, Jeeves" and the "The Man Who Hated Cats" both of these had quite a few actual laugh out loud parts to me.
My two favorite were "Right Ho, Jeeves" and the "The Man Who Hated Cats" both of these had quite a few actual laugh out loud parts to me.
November 3, 2018
Great storehouse
So many wonderful stories to entertain. I enjoyed this book for several months. A great bargain. We need more great writers today.
So many wonderful stories to entertain. I enjoyed this book for several months. A great bargain. We need more great writers today.
February 12, 2021
Delightful stories of mostly the familiar and well-loved Bertie and Jeeves - not anything new - just fun.
March 13, 2021
The very epitome of droll humor. The listener cannot help but laugh at the hapless Wooster, and the capable Jeeves.
April 2, 2021
3.5 stars. In my opinion, "A Man Who Disliked Cats" and "Right Ho, Jeeves" were the most humorous stories in the collection - quite funny!
June 21, 2021
Great stories.
July 16, 2021
Well read by the narrator
October 26, 2021
Very good, sir.
February 3, 2022
Hearty laughs are such a grace!
January 28, 2021
I enjoyed the 1920's lingo and humor. Many chuckles and several laugh-out-loud moments
September 15, 2016
This collection was interesting and diverse. I really loved the Jeeves and Wooster TV show, so I dove in.
The short Jeeves and Wooster stories were charming and fun. The mystery was interesting (not gripping, per se), but worth a read. I greatly enjoyed the fun "romantic" tale about the "artist" while the "romantic" tale about the swimmer was alright.
I was disappointed in the long Jeeves and Wooster story. It went on way to long and didn't entertain or enlighten. The last few pages of Jeeves pay off were not enough to justify chapter after chapter of painful set up.
In the end, I think PG Woodhouse is excellent at the craft of telling short stories, but the long ones do not interest me.
The short Jeeves and Wooster stories were charming and fun. The mystery was interesting (not gripping, per se), but worth a read. I greatly enjoyed the fun "romantic" tale about the "artist" while the "romantic" tale about the swimmer was alright.
I was disappointed in the long Jeeves and Wooster story. It went on way to long and didn't entertain or enlighten. The last few pages of Jeeves pay off were not enough to justify chapter after chapter of painful set up.
In the end, I think PG Woodhouse is excellent at the craft of telling short stories, but the long ones do not interest me.
September 19, 2016
Perfect audio collection, read by B.J. Harrison. Nearly all the stories are Jeeves and Bertie tales, and Harrison does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life. Also included are stories such as Death at the Excelsior and The Man Upstairs, which aren't bad, but pale when placed in between the far superior Jeeves stories. Also included is the novel Right Ho, Jeeves, one of the classic Jeeves yarns.
February 23, 2019
1. I laughed out loud multiple times. Wodehouse is nearly always as charming as you think he’s going to be.
2. Sometimes you are going along, enjoying a silly story, chuckling to yourself, and then suddenly the narrator uses the n-word in a place that it had no reason to be, and you want to go find Wodehouse’s spirit and give him a kick in the ghostly pants.
2a. It only happened once, but for chrissakes.
2. Sometimes you are going along, enjoying a silly story, chuckling to yourself, and then suddenly the narrator uses the n-word in a place that it had no reason to be, and you want to go find Wodehouse’s spirit and give him a kick in the ghostly pants.
2a. It only happened once, but for chrissakes.
April 11, 2019
I enjoyed this so much I'm now looking for more audio books read by B. J. Harrison. As much as I've always liked the PBS series with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, there is so much flavor that's missed by trying to portray these stories on a screen. The humor of Bertie Wooster kept us laughing through every one of the stories, and this collection is considerably long. I would highly recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor who also enjoys a ripping yarn and wonderful characters.
November 10, 2015
I've read many of the Wodehouse books, but not that many of the Jeeves and Wooster stories. This collection contains mostly Jeeves short stories, but also a full length novel I had not read,
"Right Ho, Jeeves". They really are rather silly stories, and many have similar situations, but I still found them to be mindlessly entertaining.
"Right Ho, Jeeves". They really are rather silly stories, and many have similar situations, but I still found them to be mindlessly entertaining.
December 14, 2018
An odd collection. Some J&W short stories, some other short stories, and an entire J&W novel crammed under one cover. I'll give three stars to the generally mishmashed first half and four to Right Ho, Jeeves.
The right reader makes all the difference with Wodehouse, and this fellow did spiffily.
The right reader makes all the difference with Wodehouse, and this fellow did spiffily.
April 26, 2019
This was light enough to get through the entire collection, and the characters and dialogue was entertaining enough, but I felt like I was reading the outline for a 1950s romantic comedy in just about every story. Every character was a caricature. If I only had a dollar for each time a British character said “pip, pip”, or an American character said “hot dog!”
May 14, 2019
After the last few books I read, I needed something fun and entertaining. PG Wodehouse never disappoints!
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