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Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories Free FREE ENTER JEEVES: 15 EARLY STORIES PDF David A. Jasen,P.G. Wodenhouse | 288 pages | 10 Jul 1997 | Dover Publications Inc. | 9780486297170 | English | New York, United States Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories by P.G. Wodenhouse (Paperback, ) for sale online | eBay Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. Better World Books. Uploaded by Tracey Gutierres on July 18, Search icon An illustration of a magnifying Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Enter Jeeves : 15 early stories Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Introduction -- The early Jeeves stories -- Extricating young Gussie -- Leave it to Jeeves -- The aunt and the sluggard -- Jeeves takes charge -- Jeeves and the unbidden guest -- Jeeves and the hard-boiled egg -- Jeeves and Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories chump Cyril -- Jeeves in the springtime -- The complete Reggie Pepper stories -- Absent treatment -- Lines and business -- Disentangling old Duggie -- Brother Alfred -- Rallying round Clarence -- Concealed art -- The test case. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. American Libraries. The Wodehouse short stories Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Most of Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories Reggie stories were new to me, making this a nice find. The stories Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories this collection aren't bad, Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories they do get a bit repetitive. Not surprising given that they were likely published over a period of time and the shortness tends to make the formula more noticeable. On the other hand, there's what I consider to be an absolutely brilliant Jeeves story that's a nice twist on the character in "Jeeves in the Springtime". I don't want to ruin the surprise which is somewhat guessable, but still fun. The problem being if you haven't read one or two of the novels you probably don't get how it steps out of character. Or rather, appreciate it fro the brief glimpse you get into his character when he's not being the most incredible butler on earth. I'll probably pick a few more Wodehouse to people. I don't know though if I'd recommend this collection, except for the purposes of the short story I mention above. Wodehouse, I was eager to get to this collection of early Bertie and Jeeves stories. Maybe I was expecting too much. Like the reviewer below, I found them to be very repetitive. Wodehouse creates two memorable characters who, by now, have become archetypes: the rather easily flustered but always conscious that he needs to keep his cool young British man of the upper class, and his wise, all-knowing "man" who solves his dilemmas. Apparently young artistocrats falling for vaudeville ingenues was a popular trope of the time, since it appears in more than half of the stories. In short, this was a quick, light read with some insight into the facade of the British upper class, but I probably won't be seeking out more books by Wodehouse. Cariola Jul 5, Well, my first Wodehouse has come and gone and, to be honest, I'm Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories bit disappointed. Not that I didn't like his style or sense of humour, but I'd heard so many good things about him here on LT that I can't help feeling that I've somehow missed something. Like the Universe has conspired to keep me from enjoying a perfectly good author. I enjoyed some parts of the book and it definitely had its funny moments. But, overall, the short stories were repetitive, both thematically and stylistically and included way too many one-dimensional characters, including the protagonists. The Wooster and Jeeves stories? He asks for help from another rich and idle gentleman, Bertie Wooster. His butler, Jeeves usually comes up with a plan and solves the problem. In exchange, Bertie gets rid of a particular clothing item that offends Jeeves's exquisite taste. Once it's an ugly suit, in another story, it's a moustache okay, not a clothing itemin a different one a pair of socks. The Reggie Pepper stories? Almost the same plot, except this time he solves his friends' problems on his own, without any butler being dragged in. It's like the novelist is writing the same narrative over and over again. Of course, this is some of Wodehouse's earliest stuff we're talking about, so I'd say some faults are excusable to a certain degree. It's certainly not unusual for an author, especially a young one, to write the same story again and again until he perfects it. If the author later gains fame, all the variations of those stories are almost sure to find some greedy bastard willing to publish them. And I wish they wouldn't. Just because some authors' fans would even read their shopping lists, doesn't mean they should be given the chance to. If I wasn't so obsessed about finishing all books Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories if it kills me, I would've probably stopped midway through. And would've probably enjoyed the book more if I had. After a while, however, it felt extremely tiring reading almost identical plots narrated using an almost identical choice of Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. I realize this was probably not the ideal Wodehouse to start with, so I'm not giving up on the chap just yet. Next time I'll try one of his novels - not least because it's trickier to find the same story ad nauseam in novel form : So, to conclude - Didn't like: repetitive storylines, repetitive choice of words, one-dimensional characters, too high expectations that weren't met Liked: witty, funny parts, very characteristic vocabulary and style the words "chap"Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories, "rummy", the adding of "-what? Home Groups Talk More Zeitgeist. I Agree This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories P. Wodehouse Other authors: David A. Jasen Editor Series: Jeeves Short stories. Members Reviews Popularity Average rating Mentions 5 53, 4. Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories are unaware, however, that Bertie had a prototype -- Reggie Pepper -- who stumbled into the same worrying situations involving old school chums with romantic troubles, irate female relatives, threatening suitors, and other troublemakers. This is the only collection to contain the first eight Jeeves short stories as well as the complete Reggie Pepper series. Awash in an eternal glow of old-boy camaraderie, these stories offer hours of delightfully diverting entertainment sure to recaptivate Wodehouse fans of old as well as tickling the fancy of new readers, who will soon find themselves caught up in the splendidly superficial antics of Messrs. Wooster, Jeeves, Pepper, et Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. Recently added by aviatrix17eyelevelbookstheidlerwearyhoboMisprintlcotneyKayCliffhatingongodotbzbooks. Books Read in 2, No current Talk conversations about this book. Not only does this have early Wooster and Jeeves storiesnot Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories it's all of them, thoughbut also, purportedly, the complete set of Reggie Pepper, a forerunner of Bertie Wooster, albeit without Jeeves. I've just started reading Wodehouse and I'm gald I read one of Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories novels first. JonathanGorman May 6, I adore Jeeves and Bertie, but mostly I love Plum's wordplay. Having heard a lot of my fellow LTers rave about P. Cariola Jul 5, Well, my first Wodehouse has come and gone and, to be honest, I'm a bit disappointed. If I ever wanna do a Wodehouse imitation, I'll be able to pull it off now :P. Status Wodehouse, P. Author primary author all editions confirmed Jasen, David Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. Editor secondary author all editions confirmed. Belongs to Series Jeeves Short stories. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. Reggie Pepper. Reginald Wexford. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster. Reginald Jeeves. She sprang it on me before breakfast. References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English None. Born in England inSir P elham G renville Wodehouse delighted generations of readers with his whimsical tales of the deliciously dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, his brainy, imperturbable manservant. No library descriptions found. Book description. Haiku summary. Add to Your books. Add to wishlist. Quick Links Amazon. Amazon Kindle 0 editions. Audible Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories editions. CD Audiobook 0 editions. Project Gutenberg 0 editions. Google Books — Loading Local Book Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories. Swap 38 want. Rating Average: 4. Is this you? Become a LibraryThing Author. Recently added by. For more help see the Common Knowledge help page. Original publication date. Add to Your books Add to wishlist Quick Links. 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