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When Jeeves suggests dreamy, soulful Gussie Fink-Nottle don scarlet tights and a false beard in his bid to capture the affections of Madeline Bassett, Bertie Wooster decides matters have definitely got out of hand, especially when it comes to a disagreement over a certain white mess jacket with brass buttons! Taking Jeeves off the case, he embarks on a plan of his own to bring Madeline and Gussie together. But when things go disastrously wrong who can Bertie turn to?

The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Alfred von Lecteur. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 7.7 hours (slow), 7.0 hours (medium), 6.4 hours (fast). Features a host of recurring Wodehouse characters, and is mostly set at Brinkley Court, the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia. "The masterly episode where Gussie Fink-Nottle presents the prizes at Market Snodsbury grammar school is frequently included in collections of great comic literature and has often been described as the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language."

P.G. Wodehouse is a critical and popular favorite on both sides of the Atlantic. A master of farce, he creates an idyllic world that never grows old. His hilarious tales, featuring Bertie Wooster and his incomparable manservant Jeeves, provide a rollicking romp through the trials and tribulations of Britain's upper-crust society. As one might expect, Bertie tangles himself into a web of problems when he tries solving the troubles of others without assistance from the unflappable Jeeves. After Bertie starts rearranging the lives of everyone around him, he begins racking up the errors. He pushes old pal Gussie Fink-Nottle in matters of love, nearly drives Aunt Dahlia's prized cook from the home, and fouls up several other situations. With everyone in an uproar, perhaps even the inimitable Jeeves may not be able to see the way clear through this murky mess.

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) is the second novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the unflappable character of Reginald Jeeves, valet to ditsy British aristocrat Bertie Wooster. Set mostly at Brinkley Court, the English country home of Bertie’s Aunt Dahlia (and the title of the U.S. edition), the story centers on a pair of romantic pairings, the first involving Bertie’s nerdy friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and the goofy Madeline Bassett, and the second his cousin Angela and chubby athlete Tuppy Glossup. Things are set in motion when Bertie visits to comfort his aunt after his cousin breaks her engagement with Tuppy, and discovers that she has lost considerable sums at the gaming tables at Cannes, which threatens her ability to finance her magazine, Milady’s Boudoir. Bertie dispenses questionable advice to all parties, things unravel in classic screwball comedy style, and at the height of the chaos Bertie throws in the towel and calls on Jeeves, the consummate “gentleman’s personal gentleman” and Bertie’s all-purpose guardian angel. Jeeves manages to get Bertie out of the way for a few hours, during which time he quickly solves all the problems. The novel is considered by many to be the best in the Jeeves canon of eleven novels and is famous for its episode of a drunken Gussie presenting the prizes at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School, which appears in many collections of comic literature and is thought by some to be the funniest piece of sustained comic writing in the English language. Parts of the story were featured in the English television series Jeeves and Wooster.

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Bertie must deal with the Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize giving, the broken engagement of his cousin Angela, the wooing of Madeline Bassett by Gussie Fink-Nottle, and the resignation of Anatole, the genius chef. Will he prevail? Only with the aid of Jeeves!

Bertie Wooster is back and once again making a hash of things in this sequel to My Man Jeeves. Of course, things would be infinitely worse for Bertie were it not for the acuity and uncommon good sense of his butler, Jeeves, who always manages to settle the hash and save the day for not only Bertie, but his cousin Angela, her mother, her mother s chef and the redoubtable Gussie Fink-Nottle.

Right Ho, Jeeves is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, the second full-length novel featuring the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, after Thank You, Jeeves. It also features a host of other recurring Wodehouse characters (some of whom it introduces), and is mostly set at Brinkley Court, the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 15 October 1934 by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, under the title Brinkley Manor.

One of the greatest comic novels in the English language. “You don't analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor. Like Jeeves, Wodehouse stands alone.” Stephen Fry “To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben Schott “Wodehouse is the funniest writer—that is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of fun—that the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced.” — The New Yorker "I don’t know if I’ve ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from Right Ho, Jeeves. It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.” — Lev Grossman, Time Magazine “A brilliantly funny writer—perhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced.” — The Times [London] “Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.” — Evelyn Waugh “You should read Wodehouse when you’re well, and when you’re poorly; when you’re traveling, and when you’re not; when you’re feeling clever, and when you’re feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.” — Lynne Truss “The masterly episode where Gussie Fink-Nottle presents the prizes at Market Snodsbury grammar school is frequently included in collections of great comic literature and has often been described as the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language. I would urge you, however, to head straight for a library or bookshop and get hold of the complete novel Right Ho, Jeeves, where you will encounter it fully in context and find that it leaps even more magnificently to life.” — Stephen Fry “The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time.” — Kingsley Amis Bertram Wooster’s manservant, Jeeves, is renowned for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie’s friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. But Wooster, jealous of Jeeves’s fame, decides to step in and take over as the fixer of his pal’s engagement, his aunt’s gambling debts and old school-mate’s desire to propose marriage. How far will Bertie sink them all in the soup? Will Jeeves come to the rescue? “Right Ho, Jeeves” features of course Bertie and Jeeves as well as Gussie Fink-Nottle, Tuppie Glossop, Aunt Dahlia and Anatole the high-strung French chef in this P.G. Wodehouse farce of England’s upper crust.

Jeeves, I said, "may I speak frankly?" "Certainly, sir." "What I have to say may wound you." "Not at all, sir." "Well, then-" No-wait. Hold the line a minute. I've gone off the rails. I don't know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I'm telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it. It's a thing you don't want to go wrong over, because one false step and you're sunk. I mean, if you fool about too long at the start, trying to establish atmosphere, as they call it, and all that sort of rot, you fail to grip and the customers walk out on you.

Jeeves, I said, "may I speak frankly?" "Certainly, sir." "What I have to say may wound you." "Not at all, sir." "Well, then-" No-wait. Hold the line a minute. I've gone off the rails. I don't know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when I'm telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it. It's a thing you don't want to go wrong over, because one false step and you're sunk. I mean, if you fool about too long at the start, trying to establish atmosphere, as they call it, and all that sort of rot, you fail to grip and the customers walk out on you.