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P. G. Wodehouse | 288 pages | 29 Aug 2008 | Cornerstone | 9780099513735 | English | London, United Kingdom Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) by P.G. Wodehouse

Thank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves comic novel by P. Thank You, Jeeves is the first full-length novel in the series of stories following narrator and his Jeeves, though Jeeves leaves Bertie's employment for most of this story. The novel largely takes place around Chuffnell Hallthe home of Bertie's friend Lord "" Chuffnellwho hopes to sell the house to the wealthy J. Washburn Stoker and is in love with Stoker's daughter Pauline. After a falling-out concerning Bertie's relentless playing of the banjoleleJeeves leaves Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) master's service and finds work with Bertie's old friend, Lord "Chuffy" Chuffnell. Bertie travels to one of Chuffy's cottages in Somersetshire to practise Thank You banjolele without complaints from neighbours. Chuffy hopes to sell his dilapidated manor to the rich J. Washburn Stoker. Mr Stoker plans to rent out the property to the famous "nerve specialist" or, as Bertie prefers, "loony doctor" Sir Roderick Glossopwho intends to marry Chuffy's Aunt Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster). Bertie plans to kiss Pauline in front of Chuffy to spur Chuffy to propose. However, it is Mr Stoker who sees the kiss. Mr Stoker returns to the yacht in which he and his family are staying. Thinking Bertie and Pauline are still in love, Stoker keeps Pauline on board to keep her from him. Chuffy writes a love letter to Pauline, which Jeeves smuggles aboard the yacht by briefly entering Mr Stoker's employ; Pauline is so moved that she swims ashore to Bertie's house, planning to visit Chuffnell Hall in the morning. Bertie lets her sleep in his bed while he tries to sleep in the garage. Chuffy, thinking Bertie is intoxicated, takes him back up to his bedroom. Seeing Pauline there, Chuffy assumes she and Bertie have resumed their romantic relationship. Chuffy and Pauline argue, and return to their respective homes. The next day, Mr Stoker invites Bertie to his yacht, but locks him in one of the rooms. Stoker found out about Pauline's visit to Bertie, and plans to force them to marry. Jeeves helps Bertie escape: Mr Stoker has hired some blackface minstrels for his son's party, and Bertie disguises himself by blacking his face with boot polish to go ashore with them. Bertie returns to his cottage. His new valet, Brinkleyis drunk and chases Bertie with a carving knife, then sets the cottage on fire, destroying Bertie's banjolele. Searching for butter to remove the boot Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) from his face, Bertie goes to Chuffnell Hall. Chuffy, thinking that Pauline loves Bertie and that Bertie should not try to abandon Pauline, refuses to give him butter. Jeeves, again in Chuffy's employ, informs Bertie that Sir Roderick had blackened his face with boot polish to entertain Seabury; unappreciative, Seabury made a butter-slide using all the Hall's butter to make Sir Roderick fall, resulting in an altercation and Sir Roderick leaving the hall. Jeeves suggests that Bertie Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) in the Dower Housewhere Jeeves will bring him butter the next day. However, Brinkley is occupying the Dower House. Sir Roderick goes to Bertie's garage to find petrol, which he says can remove boot polish; Bertie, wishing to avoid Sergeant Voules, does not join him. Bertie sleeps in a summer-house. In the morning, Bertie meets with Jeeves in Chuffy's office. Pauline appears, and Bertie reveals himself suddenly to her. Startled, Pauline shrieks, bringing Chuffy running to her. The couple reconciles. After Mr Stoker returns from a run-in with Brinkley, Jeeves delivers a cable saying that Mr Stoker's relatives are contesting the will of his Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) uncle, who left him fifty million dollars, on the grounds that the deceased was insane. Stoker is confident that Sir Roderick will testify against this. However, Sir Roderick has been arrested trying to Thank You into Bertie's garage; his testimony will not have much weight if he is imprisoned. Jeeves suggests that Bertie switch places with Sir Roderick, as he could hardly be charged with breaking into his own garage. The plan succeeds. Stoker will buy the Hall, and Chuffy and Pauline are to be wed. Jeeves reveals that he was responsible for the cable. Stating that it has never been his policy to serve a married gentleman, Jeeves returns to Bertie's employ. Very surprised and grateful, Bertie has difficulty finding words, and simply says, "Thank you, Jeeves. According to writer Robert McCrumthe plot of Thank You, Thank Youwhich follows the separation and reconciliation of Bertie and Jeeves, "is constructed like a classic romance in which a couple quarrel, separate and are finally reunited". While Bertie Wooster is threatened with marriage in some of the earlier short stories in which he appears, he also faces other kinds of disaster which Jeeves helps him avoid. The emphasis of the plot shifts in Thank You, Jeeves. Beginning with this novel, Bertie's efforts to avoid marriage become the mainspring of the plot. This essential situation occurs in each of the following Jeeves novels. Wodehouse utilizes various styles and language, for instance moving between formal language in narration and informal language in dialogue. He sometimes makes fun of purismthe excessive insistence on adherence to a particular use of language, Thank You in chapter Jeeves has made me rather a purist in these matters. In this quote, there is comic contrast Thank You the tense situation and the comparatively petty concern about "correctness" in language. Wodehouse occasionally derives words from phrases using suffixationfor example the adjective "fiend-in-human-shape- y" in chapter Another stylistic device Wodehouse uses to create humour is the pun. For example, a pun is used in chapter 1, after Jeeves gives notice:. I fear I cannot recede from my position. Wodehouse uses vivid, exaggerated imagery drawing on a wide range of sources. This imagery at first seems comedically incongruous and yet is appropriate to the situation. Examples include the following quotes: "We are the parfait gentle knights, and we feel that it ill beseems us to make a beeline for a girl like a man charging into a railway restaurant for a bowl of soup" chapter 4and "The light faded from her face, and in its stead Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) appeared the hurt, bewildered look of a barefoot dancer who, while halfway through the Vision of Salome, steps on a Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) tack" chapter 9. When violence occurs in Wodehouse's stories, it causes either no injury or much less than would be expected in real life, similar to the downplayed injuries that occur in stage comedy. Thank You also sometimes references violent imagery where there is no actual violence, for example in Thank You You, Jeeveschapter "The poor old lad distinctly leaped. The cigarette flew out of his hand, his teeth came together with a snap, and he shook visibly. The whole effect being much as if I had spiked him in the trousering with a gimlet or bodkin". By presenting an intentionally partial depiction of violence in comic situations and imagery, Wodehouse demonstrates that violence does not always need to be taken seriously and can be used to add amusement to a comic portrayal of existence. Bertie, as the first-person narrator of the story, is an unreliable narrator in the sense that he does not know how much the events of the story result from Jeeves's scheming. The reader must infer to what extent Jeeves influences other characters or creates any Thank You the problems he ultimately solves. It is possible that Jeeves schemes from the start to return to Bertie's employ and get rid of Bertie's banjolele, and enters Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) employment knowing that Chuffy would be near Bertie. Interpreting events through hints provided by Bertie's narration presents what Thompson calls "a perpetual and Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) challenge to the reader". When Bertie learns that Chuffy is jealous because Bertie was once engaged to Pauline, Bertie comments, "I began to Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) that in arranging that Stoker and not he should be the witness of the recent embrace the guardian angel of the Woosters had acted dashed shrewdly" chapter 6. According to Thompson, "We know the identity of the somewhat diabolical guardian Thank You of this particular Wooster". The Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) uses the dated and now derogatory term "nigger minstrels" which was once a common term for white performers in blackface. Blackface performances, widely considered offensive today, were popular at the time Wodehouse was writing this novel. In the letter, dated 1 AprilWodehouse wrote that he was writing "a Jeeves novel where Bertie, who is blacked up like a nigger minstrel, is scouring the countryside for butter to remove his blacking". According to the letter, Wodehouse was considering ideas that do not appear in the final novel, including an idea of Bertie breaking into an animal breeder's house for butter and being confronted by a number of animals, and another idea in which Bertie ends up at a girls' school, gets chased by a Games Mistress a woman who teaches sportsand subsequently hides in a dormitory, where the kids welcome him enthusiastically because they think he is a blackface minstrel. The novel was finished by the end of May The Coronet paperback edition contains a glaring error. On the outer back cover, in the plot summary, Chuffy is referred to as 'Lord Chuffington'. Thank You, Jeeves! Bertie does play a musical instrument despite disapproval from Jeeves early in the film, though Bertie plays drums instead of a banjolele. This novel was adapted into the television series episodes " Chuffy " and " Kidnapped! Thank You, Jeeves was adapted into a radio Thank You in as part of the series What Ho! Inthe novel was dramatized by L. Bertie then requires butter, like in the novel, to remove the adhesive. Mark Richard, who adapted the story for L. Theatre Works, had previously incorporated this change into a stage adaptation of the novel. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the novel. For the film, see Thank You, Jeeves! The thing's perfectly clear. Here's old Chuffy, for the nonce just hanging dumbly round the girl. What he needs is a jolt. If he thought Thank You was Thank You danger of some other bloke scooping her up, wouldn't that make him forget these dashed silly ideas of his and charge in, breathing fire through the nostrils? As stated by editor Sophie Ratcliffe: "Wodehouse was writing this novel when 'blackface' performers were the height of fashion. Thank You Jolson, Bing Crosby and Shirley Temple were among many actors who performed blacked up during this period. . Retrieved 3 April The New York Times. New York. The Saturday Review. 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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want Thank You read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thank You if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) — Thank You, Jeeves by P. Thank You, Jeeves Jeeves 5 by P. The odds are stacked against Chuffy when he falls head over heels for American heiress Pauline Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster). Who better to help him win her over but Jeeves, the perfect gentleman's gentleman. But when Bertie, Pauline's ex-fiance finds himself caught up in the fray, much to his consternation, even Jeeves struggles to get Chuffy his fairy-tale ending. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published July 1st by W. Norton Company first published Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) More Details Original Title. Washburn Stoker BustardMr. ManglehofferFreddy OakerMrs. PerkinsLord Wotwotleigh Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, Thank You sign up. To ask other readers questions about Thank You, Jeevesplease sign up. Can the Jeeves novels and short stories be read out of order? Mitali Yes. There are allusions to events of previous books, and several characters reappear in the books. But the characters are re-introduced in every book …more Yes. But the characters are re-introduced in Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) book they appear, so you're unlikely to be confused about who they are. There are one or two cases in which the ending of a book is referred to in later books, which some people might consider spoilers. But given that these stories are not mysteries far from itknowing the ending really shouldn't have any effect on your enjoyment of the books. Still, if you're extremely wary of spoilers, better read in publication order. See all 5 questions about Thank You, Jeeves…. Lists Thank You This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Thank You, Jeeves Jeeves, 5. Did your youngest child decide to make paper airplanes out of the pages of your 1st Edition copy of Lord of the Rings? Did the brilliantly astute network asshats cancel your favorite television show in favor of a 22 part documentary on the Brittany Spears Comeback Tour hosted by Paula Abdul? After a good hour of whiskey drinking and oxycontin market research, RYHF has put together the "Jeeves, That's Funny" Happy Package which we are making available to you, the public, for Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) first and possibly last time depending on how well our new and improved ShakeWeight Lotion Dispenser idea sells. A used copy of Thank You, Jeeves by P. Wodehouse, 2. An almost new book mark, and 3. A personalized thank you card from RYHF. Sound too good to be true? The dialogue is quick, crisp, dry and quintessentially British and will keep a smile on your face throughout. A classic of comedy literature. The "Jeeves, That's Funny" Happy Package was the perfect opportunity for me to get a great book and the guys at the RYHF were nice enough to work with me on flexible payment arrangements. Thanks RYHF. You will not find a better offer unless you look so don't waste time. Act now while supplies last!! Supplies limited. Terms subject to change without notice. This offer not available in states with consumer protection statutes. RYHF reserves the right to keep your money and suspend activities at any time if it determines that such action would be awesome and the RYHF believes that it can Thank You away with it. View all 17 comments. Bertram "Bertie" Wooster is part of the English idle rich, don't you wish you were too? Set during the bleak Great Depression of the 's, these dark aspects are unseen by the clueless gentleman; that strangely gives it charm Most of his friends are members of the notorious Drones Club in London and hardly notice the bad economic conditions either, such a bunch of nincompoops the world would be hard to find anymore. He has a valet Jeeves, much smarter than his boss and for that matter his Bertram "Bertie" Wooster is part of the English idle rich, don't you wish you were too? He has a valet Jeeves, much smarter than his boss and for that matter his friends. That comes in handy, as Jeeves is always getting them out of trouble, with small assistance from his employer. The big mystery is why such an obvious genius remains, I know times are tough yet with the constant harassment and never ending turmoil; but maybe this will change The often engaged but never married Bertie, finally drives poor Jeeves out, by Wooster's incessant banjo playing; excruciating caterwauling which would raise the dead Leaving the noisy city and going to live in a quiet country cottage Thank You the sea, where there are no neighbors to complain about, shall we say Bertie's not a very expert performer, being kind. The silly Lord "Chuffy"Chuffnell the landlord and one of Wooster's numerous Oxford friends, needs help, plenty of it. Miss Pauline StokerBertie's ex- fiancee for two days and new love of Chuffy'sthe lord doesn't know about their past peccadilloes and Bertie can keep a secret, is visiting here, yes trouble will commence shortly Her wealthy American father has brought his little yacht, to keep an eye on the pretty but fickle athletic daughterJeeves new employer is you guessed it Lord Chuffnell. The fun begins with the eccentric Bertie the poor are called crazy and his new mysterious valet Brinkley, cause the local police the two of themmany headaches Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) if Thank You be told. The forever calm Jeeves will have to use all his wisdom to eliminate the misunderstandingsfor a hopeful, proper and acceptable ending. This is England A delightful amusing romp into the mythical lives of the very well- to- do, there adventures, problems and mishaps admittedly not serious, compared to us, still quite entertaining Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) written by the incomparable Mr Pelham Grenville Wodehouse even his name brings a smile Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) the reader. View 2 Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster). Nov 02, Evgeny rated it liked it Shelves: humor. A guy told his friend, "Can you Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) the nerve of my neighbor? He was knocking on my Thank You non-stop at midnight. Luckily I was not asleep at the time: I was playing trombone". The joke above is very Thank You as the book starts with Bertie Wooster trying to learn to play banjo. Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) surprisingly the result was his neighbors complaining see the joke above; some people Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) no appreciation for music and his landlord kicking the poor guy out of his flat. Bertie decided to go to a countryside wh A guy told his friend, "Can you imagine the nerve of my neighbor? Bertie decided to go to a countryside where neighbors are far enough to endure his attempts at torturing both banjo and listeners. Here came the Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) Bertie's problem: Jeeves decided he did not like countryside, especially with music provided by Bertie, so he quit. Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) search of a vacant countryside house Bertie stumbled upon his childhood friend Chuffy. The latter provided a house, but a complications arose. Chuffy was madly in love with Pauline Stoker, an American whose father just inherited several million dollars. Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) happened to be Bertie's ex-fiance so our hero decided to help the couple to get along. He meddled and the result was the usual unmanageable mess of affairs. The two things don't go together. Thank You, Jeeves! - Wikipedia

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit is a comic novel by P. The novel takes place at Brinkley Courtthe home of Bertie's Aunt Dahliawho is intent on selling her weekly magazine, Milady's Boudoir. Florence Craye and G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright are major characters in the story. Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) has grown a moustache, which Jeeves disapproves of. Florence and Bertie were engaged in the past, and Stilton mistakenly believes Bertie still loves her. Stilton is also jealous of Percy Gorringea playwright dramatizing Florence's novel Spindrift. Disappointed with Stilton after he refuses to grow Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) moustache, Florence asks Bertie to take her to a night Thank You for research for her next novel. Hoping to talk her into returning to Stilton, Bertie agrees. However, the night Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) is raided. When Florence tries to run Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster), Bertie trips a policeman chasing her. Florence escapes and Bertie spends the night in jail before paying a fine of ten pounds. Shortly afterward, Florence and Stilton reconcile when Stilton agrees to grow a moustache. At her home of Brinkley CourtAunt DahliaBertie's aunt who runs a magazine called Milady's Boudoiris trying to sell the paper to the Liverpudlian newspaper magnate Mr. Trotter, who brought along his wife Mrs. Trotter and his stepson, Percy Gorringe. has hired the successful novelist Daphne Dolores Morehead, who is staying at Brinkley, to write a serial for Milady's Boudoirto make the magazine appear successful to Mr. Aunt Dahlia is also trying to win over Mr. Trotter with the magnificent cooking of her French chef, Anatolethough this does not seem to be working. Florence has also gone to Brinkley Court. Aunt Dahlia tells Bertie to come to Brinkley to cheer up Percy, who is in love with Florence and upset that she is with Stilton. Stilton discovers that Florence and Thank You went to a night club together, and breaks his engagement to her by telegram. He comes to Brinkley Court, seeking revenge on Bertie, who avoids Stilton. Bertie learns from Aunt Dahlia that she pawned the pearl necklace her husband Tom Travers bought her to pay for the new serial, without telling Tom. She is wearing a fake pearl necklace instead, and fears that Lord Sidcup, a jewellery expert who is coming to see Uncle Tom's silver collection, will reveal the necklace as Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) fake. Jeeves suggests that Bertie act as a burglar and steal the fake necklace. Bertie attempts to do so but mistakenly enters Florence's bedroom. She is moved to see him and assumes that he is in love with her. When Stilton comes to return her letters, Florence says she will marry Bertie, and Stilton, finding Bertie in Florence's room, becomes aggressive. Bertie saves himself by reminding Stilton about the Drones Club darts sweep: hurting Bertie could cost Stilton fifty-six pounds and ten shillings. Uncle Tom locks Aunt Dahlia's necklace in a safe. In addition, Lord Sidcup is revealed to be the recently elevated . Bertie tries, unsuccessfully, to fend off Stilton with a coshthough Stilton forgets about Bertie and Florence when he sees Daphne Dolores Morehead and falls for her. Seeing Uncle Tom's safe open, Bertie takes a pearl necklace he sees there. Next he talks to Aunt Dahlia, who says she took the fake necklace from the safe. The necklace Bertie took Thank You to Mrs. Bertie tries to put back the second necklace, but is unable to do so since Mr. Trotter shuts the safe door. At breakfast, Aunt Dahlia's Seppings presents Mrs. Trotter's pearl necklace on a salver, stating that he found it in Jeeves's room. Though Bertie prepares Thank You confess stealing the necklace to save Jeeves, Jeeves says he planned to find the necklace's owner, since he realized the pearls were fake and assumed the necklace belonged to a housemaid. Spode, or Lord Sidcup, confirms the pearls are fake. Percy admits that he pawned his mother's real pearl necklace to produce the play based on Florence's novel. Florence is touched, and she and Percy get engaged. Trotter dislikes Anatole's cooking. However, he Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) much better after having one of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) special drinks, and purchases Milady's Boudoir. Grateful to Jeeves, Bertie agrees to shave off his moustache. The novel is typical of the episodic structure of problems and solutions seen in other late Jeeves novels. Wodehouse increasingly used sudden reversals of plot premises Thank You part of this structure. Two examples of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) are the reveal that Spode has sold Eulalie Soeurs, and Mrs. Trotter's unexpected decision that her husband should refuse a knighthood. Another way the novel is similar to other late Jeeves novels is that Bertie and Jeeves feud over one specific thing but cooperate in every other way, and their disagreement serves as an amusing plot point without being structurally crucial as in the early Jeeves novels. One of the stylistic devices Wodehouse uses for comic effect is the transferred epithetas in chapter "He waved a concerned cigar". This occurs when lip-joy is used to mean '"moustache" in chapter 4. Similarly, head-joy is used to mean "hats" in chapter 1 of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves. I saw that, as always, he had tetigisti -ed the rem ". Another device used for humour is the pun. For Thank You, a pun occurs in chapter 6, when Florence talks to Bertie after he has spent a night in jail:. Wodehouse often uses comical names in his stories. Examples of this in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit include the names of Lemuel Gengulphus Trotter who is against being knighted due to the fact that he would be called Sir Lemuel and the night-club Bertie and Florence go to, The Mottled Oyster, as well as the other night-clubs Bertie mentions, such as The Feverish Cheese and the Startled Shrimp. Bertie's searching to find the right word is frequently a source of humour, as when he talks to Jeeves about his Thank You Thos in chapter Something about . Antagonists in Wodehouse's stories sometimes express desire to commit acts of violence, as in chapter 2: "And this had led Stilton, a man of volcanic passions, to express a desire to tear me limb from limb and dance buck-and-wing dances on my remains". The humour in passages of this Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) derives from the obviously ridiculous physical impossibility of the events described. Wodehouse's stories feature many Thank You to the stage that emphasize the similarity between the narrative and a stage performance. This includes dialogue resembling a script, theatrical terminology, and characters described with theatrical conventions. For example, Bertie describes Florence when she is upset after Stilton unexpectedly knocks on her door while Bertie is with her: "Florence clapped a hand to her throat, a thing I didn't know anybody ever did off the stage". According to a Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster) Wodehouse wrote to his friend William "Bill" Townend on 13 JanuaryWodehouse originally wrote Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit as a 30, word story, which Thank You refused by various magazines. After rewriting it as a novel, Wodehouse realized the problem: no explanation was given for how Jeeves could tell a supposedly valuable pearl necklace was an imitation. Wodehouse wrote in the letter, "I have just written to a jeweller asking for professional advice on the point. What I want to know is Can anyone be taught to spot imitation jewels, or do you have to have some sort of flair? This story marks the second time Jeeves disapproves of Bertie having a moustache. The first time occurred in " Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg ". At one point in the story, Bertie defends his moustache : (Jeeves & Wooster) that a moustache looks good on the actor David Nivenwith Jeeves replying that a moustache suits but not Bertie. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit was adapted for radio in as part of the series What Ho! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Feudal fidelity would no doubt make Jeeves seal his lips, but you can't let fellows go sealing their lips if it means rendering themselves liable to an exemplary sentence, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench. Come what might, the dirt would have to be Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster). Ratcliffe, Sophie ed. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters. Retrieved The Sketch. Retrieved 3 April The New York Times. New York. 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