{"id":24052,"date":"2014-06-07T22:14:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T02:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24052"},"modified":"2014-06-07T22:14:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T02:14:34","slug":"review-of-the-mating-season-by-p-g-wodehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24052","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Mating Season, by P. G. Wodehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mating_season_large\"<\/a>The Mating Season<\/em><\/p>\n

by P. G. Wodehouse
\nnarrated by Jonathan Cecil<\/p>\n

Sound Library (AudioGO), 1992. 6 hrs 51 min on 6 CDs.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I keep exclaiming on how much fun Jeeves & Wooster CDs are to listen to in the car. This one had delightfully absurd situations.<\/p>\n

Bertie\u2019s Aunt Dahlia has asked him to visit Deverill Hall, and he dare not disobey. He is to participate in a concert in the village, which is being organized by the vicar\u2019s niece, Bertie\u2019s good friend Corkie, who is also a Hollywood star. Meanwhile, Gussie Fink-Nottle has been told to visit Deverill Hall by his fianc\u00e9, Madeleine Basset. Living at the hall is Esmond Haddock and his five aunts.<\/p>\n

As if that situation alone weren\u2019t enough, Bertie ends up going to Deverill Hall pretending to be Gussie, and Gussie comes later, pretending to be Bertie. Once at the hall, romances are all tangled up. Corkie loves Esmond, but he is too cowed by his aunts. Gussie falls for Corkie, which puts Bertie in peril of being engaged to Madeleine Basset. And Corkie\u2019s brother, Catsmeat, is in love with Gertrude Wentworth, a daughter of one of Esmond\u2019s aunts. But Catsmeat fears that Gertrude is falling for Esmond, who is trying to make Corkie jealous.<\/p>\n

As usual, there\u2019s a grand comical mess, and only Jeeves can possibly hope to straighten it all out. Along the way, we get to hear Bertie\u2019s hilarious understatements and apt similes all told in Jonathan Cecil\u2019s wonderfully versatile British accent. He\u2019s consistent in using different voices for each of the many characters, so you can tell who is speaking by just listening to his voice. A marvelously entertaining audiobook.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library audiobook from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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