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My Man Jeeves: Classic Comic Stories of Jeeves and Wooster
Paperback
HumorMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781604598391
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Oct 20 2009
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
P. G. Wodehouse introduces one of the most beloved comic partnerships in literary history in this sparkling collection of early Jeeves stories. In My Man Jeeves, the incomparable valet Jeeves employs his intelligence, composure, and quiet ingenuity to rescue his upper-class employers from social embarrassment, romantic confusion, disastrous schemes, and the consequences of their own spectacularly poor judgement.
Originally published in 1919, the collection features some of the earliest appearances of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, whose relationship would become one of the defining comic creations of twentieth-century literature. Wodehouse combines razor-sharp dialogue, intricate farce, absurd predicaments, and effortless comic timing into stories that remain as fresh and entertaining today as when they first appeared.
Alongside the Jeeves and Wooster tales, the volume also includes stories featuring Reggie Pepper, an important precursor to Bertie Wooster and an early example of Wodehouse's distinctive comic voice. Through these stories, readers can observe the development of the elegant style, affectionate satire, and linguistic brilliance that would establish Wodehouse as one of the great masters of English humour.
Filled with eccentric aristocrats, romantic disasters, theatrical personalities, clubland absurdities, and social chaos narrowly avoided, My Man Jeeves remains an enduring classic of comic fiction and one of the foundational works of the Jeeves canon.
Ideal for readers of classic British humour, comic fiction, literary satire, witty dialogue, Edwardian literature, and timeless English comedy.
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