Title: The Inimitable Jeeves
Author: PG Wodehouse
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Pages: 256
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
The book consists of a series of episodes all connected by a thread: that of the total ineptness of our adorable and highly privileged upper-class narrator, Bertie Wooster, and his total dependence on his valet, Jeeves.
The setting is at first Bertie’s playground, London. When he incurs the wrath of his Aunt Agatha, the setting changes to New York.
There were some common elements. The trouble arising from the complete fascination that Bertie’s childhood friend, Bingo Little, has for a new woman each time, Bertie’s own wariness and fear of his formidable Aunt Agatha, his tendency to get into complicated situations either on his own, or on account of somebody else and how is rescued by Jeeves. These characters waltz in and out of the pages.
Unlike in some of the other books I’ve read, here Jeeves actually sets aside his loyalty to Bertie and refuses to help him, on account of some act of sartorial inelegance on the part of Bertie.
The book was a quick read, but the episodic nature of the plot caused me to lose interest. Also, I’ve noticed that Wodehouse tends to be funnier when it is Bertie’s own actions that get him into trouble.
(I read this book on Edelweiss. Thank you to the author, the publisher and Edelweiss.)
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