Right Ho, Jeeves
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 5th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few comic partnerships in English literature have endured quite like that of Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves, and Right Ho, Jeeves presents them at the height of their gloriously farcical powers. Set against the backdrop of Bertie's country retreat, the novel chronicles a cascade of romantic catastrophes involving the hapless Gussie Fink-Nottle, the sharp-tongued Madeleine Bassett, and the perpetually imperilled Tuppy Glossop — all of whom Bertie, with catastrophic overconfidence, attempts to steer toward happiness. His well-intentioned meddling, predictably, produces spectacular disaster at every turn, culminating in one of the most celebrated comic set-pieces in twentieth-century fiction. P. G. Wodehouse constructs his plots with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker and the anarchic glee of a schoolboy, illustrating a world of Edwardian gentility perpetually on the verge of collapse. His prose style — effortlessly witty, rhythmically immaculate, and densely allusive — has earned admiration from writers as varied as Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling. Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of the crown jewels of the Jeeves canon, a masterclass in comic timing that leaves the reader wondering, right to the final page, whether even Jeeves can untangle the magnificent mess Bertie has made.
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: 5th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few comic partnerships in English literature have endured quite like that of Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves, and Right Ho, Jeeves presents them at the height of their gloriously farcical powers. Set against the backdrop of Bertie's country retreat, the novel chronicles a cascade of romantic catastrophes involving the hapless Gussie Fink-Nottle, the sharp-tongued Madeleine Bassett, and the perpetually imperilled Tuppy Glossop — all of whom Bertie, with catastrophic overconfidence, attempts to steer toward happiness. His well-intentioned meddling, predictably, produces spectacular disaster at every turn, culminating in one of the most celebrated comic set-pieces in twentieth-century fiction. P. G. Wodehouse constructs his plots with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker and the anarchic glee of a schoolboy, illustrating a world of Edwardian gentility perpetually on the verge of collapse. His prose style — effortlessly witty, rhythmically immaculate, and densely allusive — has earned admiration from writers as varied as Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling. Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of the crown jewels of the Jeeves canon, a masterclass in comic timing that leaves the reader wondering, right to the final page, whether even Jeeves can untangle the magnificent mess Bertie has made.