Book description
A Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus
'Jeeves knows his place, and it is between the covers of a
book.'
This is an omnibus of wonderful Jeeves and Wooster stories,
specially selected and introduced by Wodehouse himself, who was struck
by the size of his selection and described it as almost the ideal
paperweight. As he wrote:
'I find it curious, now that I have written so much about him, to
recall how softly and undramatically Jeeves first entered my little
world. Characteristically, he did not thrust himself forward. On that
occasion, he spoke just two lines.
The first was:
"Mrs Gregson to see you, sir."
The second:
"Very good, sir, which suit will you wear?"
It was only some time later that the man's qualities dawned upon me.
I still blush to think of the off-hand way I treated him at our first encounter...'.
This omnibus contains Carry On, Jeeves, The Inimitable
Jeeves, Very Good, Jeeves and the short stories 'Jeeves
Makes an Omelette' and 'Jeeves and the Greasy Bird'.
It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll
risk it with him John Humphrys A genius ... Elusive, delicate but
lasting Alan Ayckbourn Not only the funniest English novelist who ever
wrote but one of our finest stylists Susan Hill For as long as I'm
immersed in a P. G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world
at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are
the order of the day Marian Keyes Wodehouse always lifts your spirits,
no matter how high they happen to be already Lynne Truss The author of
almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle,
Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P. G. Wodehouse was born in
1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong
and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a
variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and short stories, he
wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage had five shows
running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in the New Year's
Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue Knighthood, only to die
on St Valentine's Day some 45 days later.
