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P.G. Wodehouse Volume 1

The Jeeves Collection

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By: P.G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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“I have the honour to offer up to you, thanks to the good people of Audible, a selection of some of my very favourite Wodehouse. If these stories are new to you I hope it will be the beginning of a lifelong pleasure, if some or all are familiar I hope you will welcome them like old friends.” (Stephen Fry)

Audible Studios presents this brand new performance by Stephen Fry of some of his favourite Jeeves stories from P.G. Wodehouse, with an exclusive introduction.

The Jeeves Collection contains:

The Inimitable Jeeves

A classic collection of 11 stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman - in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha appears, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (including the best-selling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). And Bertie, with Jeeves's help, hopes to evade the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop.

Carry On Jeeves

10 more marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ('If you would drink this, sir...it is a little preparation of my own invention. It is the Worcester Sauce that gives it its colour. The raw egg makes it nutritious. The red pepper gives it its bite. Gentlemen have told me they have found it extremely invigorating after a late evening.')

Right-Ho Jeeves

The second full-length novel featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, after Thank You, Jeeves. The story is mostly set at Brinkley Court, the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia, and introduces the recurring characters Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Bassett. Bertie's friend Tuppy Glossop and cousin Angela Travers also feature in the novel, as does Brinkley Court's prized chef, Anatole.

The Code of the Woosters

The third full-length novel to feature Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. It introduces Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner of a country house called Totleigh Towers, where the story takes place, and his intimidating friend Roderick Spode. It is also a sequel to Right Ho, Jeeves, continuing the story of Bertie's newt-fancying friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and Gussie's droopy and overly sentimental fiancée, Madeline Bassett.

Joy in the Morning

Bertie is persuaded to brave the home of his fearsome Aunt Agatha and her husband Lord Worplesdon, knowing that his former fiancée, the beautiful and formidably intellectual Lady Florence Craye will also be in attendance.

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator and friend Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. Fry’s acting roles include Blackadder, Kingdom, Bones, V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and The Hobbit trilogy. He has written and presented several documentary series and as a proudly out gay man, the award-winning Out There, documenting the lives of lesbian, bisexual gay and transgender people around the world is part of his 30-year advocacy of the rights of the LGBT community. Fry has written four novels: The Liar, The Hippopotamus (made in to a feature film in 2018), Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls. Translated into many languages, they have never been out of print. The most recently published works are Mythos, Heroes and Troy, a trilogy retelling the Greeks myths from the Creation to the aftermath of the Trojan War.

©2014 P.G. Wodehouse (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
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Unlike some reviewers, I think Stephen Fry is the perfect narrator for Wodehouse. There seems to be some confusion between the two types of audio presentation -- a straight reading of the text, as we have in this collection, and dramatised versions where different actors play different characters in a cut-down version of the original. For many of us, Fry did indeed create the perfect Jeeves in the TV series, just as Richard Briers was, IMO, the perfect Bertie on radio. But this Audible collection needs someone more versatile as it's a reading by one person to covers ALL the characters -- the solemn Jeeves, the excitable Wooster, the bullying Spode, and all of the many female characters, from the Aunts to the bright young things. Stephen Fry manages this formidable task quite brilliantly. It doesn't matter that he's older than Wooster, or the 'wrong gender' for Aunt Agatha, the fact is that he can mimic them with enough credibility to suspend our disbelief -- and this he does admirably.

As for the stories themselves, it seems superfluous to have to comment in any detail. Anyone who knows the Wodehouse stories won't need to be told how comically perfect they are. If you've not read Wodehouse, you have a treat in store. Very highly recommended for anyone who needs a temporary escape route from the latest Covid-19 lockdown. In other words, all of us.

Excellent narration, excellent stories

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The only problem is that it does not have all Jeeves stories and as such there is a hope they come out with another volume giving the remaining stories

Very Good

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Great narration, totally relaxing and with many laugh out loud moments. I’d definitely recommend this audio book.

An absolute delight!

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I've listened to various different of Wodehouse audiobooks but I'd say this is the best.

wonderful stories with the perfect narrator

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Marvelous narration here by the brilliant Stephen Fry. I had never read any of the Jeeves' stories before finding them on Audible. After listing to the first one, I was smitten. I loved the Wodehouse wit, interspersed with the jargon of the 1920s and 30s, the warm, lovable character of Bertie Wooster who tries so hard to get it right, and the glittering "gentleman's gentleman", Jeeves, who always manages to save the day. I hope there will be a volume 2 to savour soon.

Loving Jeeves

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