Although I prefer Martin Jarvis narrating these Bertie and Jeeves stories, Jonathan Cecil comes in a close second in the narration department. Most of the stories on this 6-CD set involve Bingo Little, Bertie’s old school chum, who falls in love every half hour. The rest of the adventures center around Bertie’s wayward twin cousins, Claude and Eustace. I fairly flew through these discs, laughing all the way. If you want to start the Bertie and Jeeves Saga at the beginning, then I recommend you start with My Man, Jeeves. But, really, you could jump in with this second collection of stories just as easily. Wodehouse brings you up to speed in a snap. Fun, fun, fun! GRADE: A
Table of Contents
1 Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum 9
2 No Wedding Bells for Bingo 17
3 Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind 24
4 Pearls Mean Tears 30
5 The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded 39
6 The Hero’s Reward 46
7 Introducing Claude and Eustace 51
8 Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch 56
9 A Letter of Introduction 64
10 Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant 72
11 Comrade Bingo 81
12 Bingo has a Bad Goodwood 90
13 The Great Sermon Handicap 97
14 The Purity of the Turf 112
15 The Metropolitan Touch 126
16 The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace 142
17 Bingo and the Little Woman 158
18 All’s Well 165
A great collection!
The quality standard in THE INIMITABLE JEEVES is very high, Patti. One of my favorite Jeeves stories, “Comrade Bingo,” makes me laugh every time I read it…or in this case, listen to it.
And how many times did Bingo get Bertie in trouble as he tried to help him with his love life, only to have Bingo move on to the next target?
Exactly, Jeff! Bingo would fall in love every half hour. But when Bingo falls for radical protestor, Charlotte Corday Rowbotham (named for the woman who took out Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution), you start to see the subtlety of Wodehouse’s mind.
The Great Sermon Handicap and The Metropolitan Touch are my favorites in this collection. Rupert Steggles is a mastermind villain in the Moriarty class!
Yes, Art, Steggles’ use of the beetle was masterful!
I really do need to try one of these. George, is My Man, Jeeves available cheap anywhere?
If you want the paperback edition of MY MAN, JEEVES, Amazon has it for $8 at: http://www.amazon.com/My-Man-Jeeves-P-G-Wodehouse/dp/1478238585/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345653211&sr=1-3&keywords=my+man%2C+jeeves
If you want the audiobook, I suggest you check your local public library. My local library has all the Jeeves’ Saga on CD.
I know I’ve listened to some Jeeves and Wooster stories on audio but am not sure which or who the reader was. I do know that I liked them and that I laughed out loud often, as I do every time I read Wodehouse’s work. I don’t know why I don’t read it more often, it is always a treat.
I have exactly the same reaction to Wodehouse, Carl. But now that the Fall Semester has started, my audiobook time goes to zero.