{"id":25580,"date":"2015-01-26T02:53:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T06:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=25580"},"modified":"2015-01-26T02:53:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T06:53:31","slug":"review-of-ring-for-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=25580","title":{"rendered":"Review of Ring for Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ring_for_jeeves_large\"<\/a>Ring for Jeeves<\/em><\/p>\n

by P. G. Wodehouse
\nnarrated by Nigel Lambert<\/p>\n

AudioGO, 2011. First published in the United Kingdom in 1953. 6 hours, 50 minutes on 6 compact discs.<\/p>\n

A Jeeves book without Wooster! I have stooped to checking out any P. G. Wodehouse book our library has in audio form, without trying to read them in order. This one was written in the 1950s when the British aristocracy was in trouble. Sir Rochester, Rory, works at \u201cHarridge\u2019s\u201d to make ends meet, and Bill, the ninth Earl of Rowcester (pronounced \u201cRoaster\u201d) has been working as a bookie, with Jeeves as his clerk.<\/p>\n

Jeeves? Why is Jeeves there without Bertie Wooster? Well, Bertie is going to a school where he\u2019s learning to get along without servants, doing things like darning his own socks. And gentlemen\u2019s personal gentlemen are not allowed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bill\u2019s bookmaking activities get him into a grand mesh of trouble after an unlikely bet pays off \u2013 or should pay off. He was operating his business in disguise and trying to keep it secret from his fianc\u00e9e, Jill Wyvern, a veterinarian.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bill\u2019s sister, Rory\u2019s wife, has met a rich American widow who would love to buy Rowcester Abbey, especially if she can find evidence of any ghosts. But her friend happens to be the man who won the bet that Bill didn\u2019t pay. Can Bill keep his secret? Can he sell the old house? And can Rory keep from telling the American everything that\u2019s wrong with it?<\/p>\n

This book is the usual good fun of a P. G. Wodehouse tale. I didn\u2019t enjoy this narrator as much as the ones I\u2019ve heard narrating the other books. Although he has a lovely English accent, his voice of Rory \u2013 or anyone getting very excited \u2013 was quite annoying to listen to. But that was minor enough to not diminish my overall enjoyment of the yarn. I always say there\u2019s nothing like a good laugh on my way to work.<\/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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