{"id":24304,"date":"2014-07-12T22:54:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T02:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24304"},"modified":"2014-07-12T22:54:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T02:54:28","slug":"review-of-the-inimitable-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=24304","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Inimitable Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"inimitable_jeeves_large\"<\/a>The Inimitable Jeeves<\/em><\/p>\n

by P. G. Wodehouse<\/p>\n

narrated by Jonathan Cecil<\/p>\n

AudioGO, 2009. First published in 1923. 6 hours, 18 minutes on 6 compact discs.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Since I was having such fun listening to Jeeves and Wooster stories, and since the library seems to have new copies of several of the books, I decided to try to listen to them more or less in order. NoveList tells me that The Inimitable Jeeves<\/em> is the third book, coming after The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories<\/a><\/em>, which only has one Jeeves and Wooster story, and My Man Jeeves<\/em>, which the library only has in a print edition.<\/p>\n

I do know I\u2019ve read The Inimitable Jeeves<\/em> before, sometime or other, and the events related here were also reproduced in the brilliant BBC miniseries which I have on DVD. But that didn\u2019t keep me from enjoying Jonathan Cecil\u2019s performance tremendously. And I enjoyed the characters and situations all the more, because I know how they will continue to haunt Bertie\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Indeed, this is the volume where Bertie first gets engaged to Honoria Glossop. It happens because, while having a disagreement with Jeeves, Bertie thought he could get his pal Bingo Little (who was then in love with Honoria) out of a scrape using his own brain power. How foolish, Bertie! I found myself trying to warn him the whole time, and shaking my head with great delight as his scheme went wrong.<\/p>\n

Of course, Jonathan Cecil adds so much. This one involves several romantic trials which only Jeeves can solve, including one involving Jeeves himself (which I hadn\u2019t remembered). I listened to this while driving my son back to Williamsburg after Spring Break, and there\u2019s nothing better at making the road seem short than hearty laughter, don\u2019t you know.<\/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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