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Aunts Aren't Gentlemen (Unabridged)
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Series: Jeeves & Wooster, Book 15
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Humour & Satire
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Summary
Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse, a very important cat and a decidedly bossy fiancée - and all the ingredients are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible authority. But Jeeves, of course, can cope with everything - even aunts, and even the country. The final Jeeves and Wooster novel shows P.G. Wodehouse still able to delight, well into his nineties.
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- Tom
- 31-05-10
Great Fun
I love listening to P G Wodehouse's books. You really appreciate the stunning quality of his writing, and you can savour the daftness of his meticulously plotted stories. And they always cheer me up with their gentle humour.
Aunts aren't Gentlemen is I think one of the later Jeeves stories and if truth be told it doesn't quite reach the heights of the earlier works. But it's still pretty good.
Jonathan Cecil might have been born to narrate these books. He is superb and brings P G Wodehouse's fantastic invention to life. The recording was made a long time ago so sound quality is not the best but you get used to it quickly.
Treat yourself to 4-5 hours of fun and escape!
11 people found this helpful
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- Renzo
- 12-04-18
Jonathan Cecil IS Bertie and a joy to listen to
I believe this is a much later work and may have been right up in the 1970s.
Lovely though Cecil is to listen to - the work is a bit laboured.
I found most of the woven story predictable and being a real fan of Jeeves & Bertie (best of all narrated by Cecil), I was able to plot-spot early on. Wont do spoilers though.
Having said all that - it was blessed relief from John Humprhreys on Radio 4 or Chris Evans on Radio 2 driving to work (though, oddly, never on the way home).
3 people found this helpful
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- Jane
- 11-06-15
Pg Wodehouse perfection
Absolutely fantastic. A masterpiece. The tales of Bertie and Jeeves are wonderful. Bertie teaches us that it is enough to be kind. I have every Jeeves and Wooster narrated by Jonathan Cecil. He reads these perfect stories perfectly and this combination (in my mind) makes the world better. Listen to them all without delay!
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- Thor
- 20-05-21
Just what you would expect.
I am a great fan of PG Wwoodhouse, but prefer his Blanding's Castle series. However, this one of Jeeves & Wooster is one of my favourite.
The narrator did a brilliant job.
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- Lu
- 14-04-20
Good, wholesome humour.
The plot isn't a great mystery and there are no unpredictable twists or massively unexpected surprises but the story is secondary to the beautiful use of the Engkish language. Jonathan Cecil's narration marvelously animated the characters.
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- Ralphesq
- 14-01-15
Wonderful Wodehouse
A fitting final chapter to the Wodehouse/Wooster canon, sensational reading from Cecil the definitive narrator. Great characters, especially Plank and of course the cat who kept popping up when least expected.
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- Mr Alexander R Gill
- 22-05-22
Excellent, as usual.
I believe PG Wodehouse died writing this book so it is the end of an era, it's certainly the past Jeeves book written by him.
A great story with the return of Plank and Delia, who are always great and worth reading/listening about on their own.
Excellent reading and will be revisiting it again.
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- FictionFan
- 29-04-22
The Maiden Eggesford horror…
When Bertie Wooster wakes one morning to find he has developed pink spots on his chest, his doctor orders him off to the country to rest. Aunt Dahlia finds him a little cottage, Wee Nooke, in the village of Maiden Eggesford, where she herself is visiting at Eggesford Hall. Needless to say, idyllic though the setting is, there’s no rest to be found for poor Bertie! Not only does Aunt Dahlia want him to help her nobble a horse in the big local race, but old flame Vanessa Cook has decided that she will marry Bertie, much to his horror. Not only is she the type of girl who expects him to give up smoking and cocktails, but she also feels he would be improved by reading more poetry. And Orlo Porter, who loves Vanessa and has been spurned by her, is on the warpath.
“Lord Chesterfield said that since he had had the full use of his reason nobody had heard him laugh. I don't suppose you have read Lord Chesterfield's 'Letters To His Son'?
...Well, of course I hadn't. Bertram Wooster does not read other people's letters. If I were employed in the post office I wouldn't even read the postcards.”
This was the last novel PG Wodehouse finished before his death, and it’s in the nature of a reprise of all his greatest hits. All the plots in the Jeeves and Wooster books are fundamentally the same, and that’s a large part of their charm. You know exactly what to expect and Wodehouse never fails to deliver. He repeats jokes from book to book, and yet they seem fresh every time because he’s such a master of the witty turn of phrase and his use of language is delicious.
“If she ever turned into a werewolf, it would be one of those jolly breezy werewolves whom it is a pleasure to know.”
The books with Aunt Dahlia in them are always my favourites. In this one, she intends to nobble Potato Chip, the racehorse owned by Vanessa’s father, because she has bet her all on Simla, owned by her host at Eggesford Hall. To achieve her aim, she arranges to steal a cat to which Potato Chip has become so deeply attached he refuses to train unless the cat is with him, and of course where better to hide a stolen cat than in Bertie’s cottage! Bertie tries to point out how ungentlemanly nobbling racehorses is, but Aunt Dahlia simply doesn’t see it that way. As Bertie has come to realise, aunts aren’t gentlemen. Mr Cook is on the warpath...
“He was a red-headed chap, and my experience of the red-headed is that you can always expect high blood pressure from them in times of stress. The first Queen Elizabeth had red hair, and look what she did to Mary Queen of Scots.”
Of course, things get progressively more tangled, until the inimitable Jeeves saves the day with his usual display of inspired brilliance. Despite this having been written when Wodehouse was in his nineties, it’s right up there amongst his best. I chuckled my way through it, safe in the knowledge that all would be well. Jonathan Cecil is the perfect narrator for these books, and they are guaranteed to bring sunshine into the greyest day. It’s time they made Wodehouse available on the NHS!
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- Jon Walker
- 30-03-22
what's not to like, it's classic Wodehouse
Jonathan Cecil (second only to Richard Briers) has the perfect voice for this typical Wooster romp. I loved it
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- RUTH COLLINS
- 04-11-21
Mediocre
Energetic but very contrived acting. Weak storyline. Not one of PGW's best. Disappointing book.
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- MsLemon
- 22-12-11
The Best Wodehouse Narrator
I enjoy P.G. Wodehouse and Wooster and Jeeves for a light humorous listen. Some narrators are not suited to these characters. But Jonathan Cecil is very good. I highly recommend his version of these books.
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- Charla
- 03-10-08
Always entertaining! Excellent Narration
I am hooked on these P.G. Wodehouse titles, and this one is very light and entertaining, as anticipated. Wonderful narration!
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- Tad Davis
- 14-03-16
Another triumph
PG Wodehouse and Jonathan Cecil score another hit. Bertie Wooster once again gets himself tangled in a ghastly mess, this time involving a cat-loving horse and and aunt who, not being a gentleman, can't tell the difference between right and wrong (according to Hoyle). My face hurt from grinning so much.
With this audiobook, I've gone through all the Jeeves and Wooster stories - at least all the ones that are available from Audible. A number of gifted narrators have contributed to this collection: besides Cecil, who ranks as my favorite, there have been performances by Martin Jarvis, Ian Carmichael, and Dinsdale Landen. Smiles, chuckles, and congratulations all around. I can't wait to start all over again.
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- Sheila
- 13-04-09
Utterly charming
One of the most entertaining and delightful renderings of Wodehouse. The narrator doesn't miss an iota of the wit and charm of the work.
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- Sharon
- 10-02-11
Hilarious!
P.G. Wodehouse's funny and entertaining novel is perfectly performed by Jonathan Cecil. He definitely makes Wodehouse's comedy sparkle. I recommend it 100 percent.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-12
Golden age of narration
Where does Aunts Aren't Gentlemen rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Everything I've read by Wodhouse is superior comic fiction. Aunts ranks with the others. Excellence is the mean.
What other book might you compare Aunts Aren't Gentlemen to and why?
At opposite extremes of genre, 'On The Road' by Kerouac is comparable for richness of language and simile
What about Jonathan Cecil’s performance did you like?
Cecil is one of the master performers in a golden age of naration. The ability to jump about among characters of different sexes, ages, ethnicities and backgrounds at a speed near that of silent reading is astounding.
If you could take any character from Aunts Aren't Gentlemen out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Bertie, because he could be bullied into picking up the tab.
Any additional comments?
American narrators seem to be a sort of second string who couldn't make it on television and settled for second best. British narrators appear to be specialists who love their art. If I am wrong then show me an American who can compete with Mr. Cecil, Miss May or Mr. Davidson. I am a patriotic American writing without prejudice.
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- John
- 21-05-19
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen; Cecil Isn’t Davidson
Yes, I enjoyed it. And I’ve reveled in Jonathan Cecil’s Wodehouse recordings for years. But with audiobooks a kind of Lorenzian imprinting takes place: the reader who introduced you to a particular story is usually the reader you prefer. And most of my early Wodehouse listening (including this one, under its American title, “The Cat-Nappers”) had Frederick Davidson at the mic.
Unfortunately, many of Davidson’s recordings are, like this one, unavailable as downloads. Nevertheless, pining for some fresh Bertie and Jeeves, I finally broke down. The problem is, I can’t forget how Davidson put more sarcasm into Aunt Dalia’s put-downs of Bertie, more knowing irony into Bertie’s responses to Herbert (“Billy”) Graham, Maiden Eggesford’s local poacher, and gave Dr. E. Jimson Murgatroyd a rich Scottish accent.
Nevertheless, this is the best available recording of this story. Being one of the first audiobooks I ever owned (on cassettes, so you know how long ago that was), I’ve always been partial to it. Being the last book the Master saw through the press, it may not be as good as Full Moon, Uncle Fred in the Springtime, or The Code of the Woosters, but well worth the price of admission. By the way, Cecil's performances of those last two titles (both available through Audible) are superb.
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- John S.
- 15-01-13
Bertie's exits gracefully
I got the book a couple of years ago during a Jeeves-and-Wooster phase, which ended before I'd gotten around to listening to this one. Needing a smaller work to fill some time, I decided to polish off "Aunts" recently, finding it worked out well. The Jeeves canon stories build on each other, so this final one would work best for fans of the series; there's some of the old slapstick adventure, but it has the feel of a finale to it.
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- Deedria
- 10-01-12
Jonathan Cecil is always good reading Wodehouse
Would you consider the audio edition of Aunts Aren't Gentlemen to be better than the print version?
No - I love the print version, but it is so wondeful to be able to listen to a good book while doing boring chores.
Have you listened to any of Jonathan Cecil’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes - he's consistenlty excellent.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
If you can listen to Wodehouse without laughing, go to the doctor - your funny bone is broken
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- Laurie
- 23-12-16
Perfection.
My family thinks this Wodehouse tale is one of his best. J Cecil ' s performance is delightful.
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