Right Ho, Jeeves
Few comic creations have endured quite like the gloriously hapless Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant in Right Ho, Jeeves — a masterwork of British humour that remains as irresistible today as when it first appeared in 1934. When Bertie's attempts to play matchmaker for his friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and the formidable Madeleine Bassett descend into spectacular chaos, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in a web of romantic misunderstandings, bruised egos, and country-house catastrophe — all while stubbornly refusing to seek counsel from the one man who could set everything right. P.G. Wodehouse, widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the twentieth century, constructs his plots with the precision of a Swiss watch and the absurdity of a runaway locomotive. His prose style — breezy, euphonious, and laced with gloriously inventive similes — has earned admirers from Evelyn Waugh to Stephen Fry, cementing Wodehouse's place as a singular genius of the English language. Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of the crown jewels of the Jeeves canon, and one cannot help but wonder: just how catastrophic must things become before Bertie finally swallows his pride?
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Format: Paperback
Published: 2022, Penguin
Genre: Humour
Few comic creations have endured quite like the gloriously hapless Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant in Right Ho, Jeeves — a masterwork of British humour that remains as irresistible today as when it first appeared in 1934. When Bertie's attempts to play matchmaker for his friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and the formidable Madeleine Bassett descend into spectacular chaos, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in a web of romantic misunderstandings, bruised egos, and country-house catastrophe — all while stubbornly refusing to seek counsel from the one man who could set everything right. P.G. Wodehouse, widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the twentieth century, constructs his plots with the precision of a Swiss watch and the absurdity of a runaway locomotive. His prose style — breezy, euphonious, and laced with gloriously inventive similes — has earned admirers from Evelyn Waugh to Stephen Fry, cementing Wodehouse's place as a singular genius of the English language. Right Ho, Jeeves stands as one of the crown jewels of the Jeeves canon, and one cannot help but wonder: just how catastrophic must things become before Bertie finally swallows his pride?