AUNTS ARENT GENTLEMEN Author: P. G. Wodehouse Number of Pages: 192 pages Published Date: 02 Oct 2008 Publisher: Everyman Publication Country: London, United Kingdom Language: English ISBN: 9781841591582 DOWNLOAD: AUNTS ARENT GENTLEMEN Aunts Arent Gentlemen PDF Book I know very little of you, true, but anyone the mention of whose name can make Father swallow his lunch the wrong way cannot be wholly bad. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author's and publisher's rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. Pigwidgeon Shipmate. I thought it very sensible of him, but it didn't do him much good, poor chap, because he had scarcely got used to signing his IOUs Gilbert Westmacote-Trevelyan when he was torn asunder by a lion. I must put you straight on one thing, though. The high road, like most high roads, was flanked on either side by fields, some with cows, some without, so, the day being as warm as it was, just dropping anchor over here or over there meant getting as cooked to a crisp as Major Plank would have been, had the widows and surviving relatives of the late chief of the 'Mgombis established connection with him. So, as I say, Orlo Porter was in no sense a buddy of mine, but we had always got on all right and I still saw him every now and then. Pigott a fee and giving Orlo his inheritance. I found Wooster rabbitting on tedious and didn't know what to expect having not read the books. I really didn't know you were here. A very quick, silly read. Like this: Like Loading It made me shudder to think what I might have let myself in for if I had been a shade more fascinating. A few of the episodes still make me laugh out loud, even after repeated viewings on DVD. He wouldn't believe for a moment that it was your man practising his art. Having inspected the spots, the doc advised me to retire to the country. Did you find the book funny? You never know what may happen when the g. Just what anyone at the Drones or elsewhere would say. I reached journey's end at about the hour of the evening cocktail and got my first glimpse of the rural haven which was to be the Wooster home for I didn't know how long. Great that you have memories of them! I remember my Aunt Agatha once making me take her revolting son, young Thos, to a play at the Old Vic by the name of Macbeth. When she was the residents of the sheltered accommodation went on an outing to Glasgow. She told him about our anxiety, and he said he would attend to the matter immediately. In frosty weather I can still feel the old wounds. Debrett's Peerage tut-tuts, Burke's Landed Gentry raises its eyebrows, and as likely as not he gets cut by the County and has to emigrate. Three encores, and so many bows that I got a crick in the back. At length she spoke. Then the TV series came out very soon after, so I was fascinated to watch. What sort of a married life would I have had with the little woman perpetually going on protest marches and expecting me to be at her side throwing bottles at the constabulary? Aunts Arent Gentlemen Writer New York: James H. What sort of a married life would I have had with the little woman perpetually going on protest marches and expecting me to be at her side throwing bottles at the constabulary? Not at all. I thought it very sensible of him, but it didn't do him much good, poor chap, because he had scarcely got used to signing his IOUs Gilbert Westmacote-Trevelyan when he was torn asunder by a lion. She desired me to inform you that she would be calling on you immediately. One of them says 'Hi, Bill. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Indeed, I should have thought that that was the sort of activity Mr Graham would rather have frowned on, being in his particular line of business. He fears that she is on the rebound, and that she will ask him again if he will marry her. He continued to eye me in an Aunt Agathaesque manner. Those cryptic words of Angelica Briscoe had shaken me. Gave me a bit of a start, I don't mind admitting, the Woosters not being accustomed to this sort of thing so soon after breakfast. Secret enemies after you? To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy. I did this. You ought to have seen his blood pressure. Murgatroyd would be if he could see me, when I caught sight of the shop which acted as a post office and remembered that Jeeves had told me that in addition to selling stamps, picture postcards, socks, boots, overalls, pink sweets, yellow sweets, string, cigarettes and stationery it ran a small lending library. He and I were heading the procession. Thank you so much. For one thing,' she said, not waiting till she was at leisure, 'you smoke too much. This, of course, does not occur, because hijinks ensue. She doesn't like it, poor girl, but I tell her she's lucky not to be in equatorial Africa, because there if a daughter blots her copybook, her father chops her head off and buries her in the back garden. Spode might talk airily — or is it glibly? I called Jeeves in, to see what he made of it. The door of the car opened and what the papers call a well-nourished body, male, leaped in and took a seat beside me. He shook his head. Only a clergyman's daughter, but with all the executive qualities of a great statesman. I know what making something of me meant. Aunts Arent Gentlemen Reviews It may also be that I wouldn't like the TV series now. But F and L, though perfectly in character even though I had previously pictured Jeeves as much older than Bertie are both quite tall, which must have made it difficult for the casting director to find other actors who would not look dwarfed by them. Colonel Briscoe has a racehorse, Simla, which is hotly rivalled by his neighbour Colonel Cook's Potato Chip for an important local race. As to personal favourites, some of mine are short stories whose titles I can no longer recall, notably one about a dissolute uncle of a drones club member who takes the young man to visit what had been ancestral lands, which have since been sold; there the uncle "assists" a bemused young lady who they meet by chance in one of the houses on the new estate to sort out out her love life. Aunt Dahlia, a friend of Jimmy Briscoe, has bet on Simla only to find that it isn't a cinch. I thought Fry and Laurie were absolutely perfect actors at playing Jeeves and Wooster -- could not imagine anyone capturing those characters better -- but my hazy memory from watching them several years ago was that the writing of the series was not up to either the calibre of the performances or of the original material. No differently in this book than in all the others. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Bibliography Songs. Bibliography Short stories Characters Locations Songs. First edition. Posted on Feb 12, by TanGental. Thank You, Jeeves! However, far from it being an idyllic situation, Bertie finds that the village is also playing host to Vanessa Cook, a woman he once proposed to after five minutes, Orlo Porter, an old schoolfriend in love with the aforementioned Vanessa, and a batty old explorer called Major Plank who seems to be confusing Bertie for someone who once tried to con him out of money. At his cottage, Bertie is accosted by Cook and Plank, who believe that Vanessa wants to marry Bertie. Overlook Pr Fr. Having said that, I'm now very curious to reread Aunts Aren't Gentlemen all these years later, to see what new things I notice in it. Cook, by mistake. Namespaces Article Talk. Dewey Decimal. Categories Discussions Sign In. I don't think it misfired so much as it is just not the style of comedy I find really funny personally. The only hat I wear is a benny hat! The Sunday Times. Log in Subscribe. I always find it fun to reread books I read as a teenager, to see them afresh from the perspective of middle age. Many other characters re-appear from other books, but this one can easily be read independently. Simla wins the race on a technicality. Plum Sauce. I suspect, had I known them as an adult I might have viewed them differently given all they went through Like Like. The main thing that got me was the initialising of a lot of words. But after moving with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds himself surrounded by aunts - not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but an aunt of Jeeves's too. The author himself had not lived in England for many years and you even find Americanisms creeping into Wooster's narrative. So thank you. Performing Flea Over Seventy. Satire, Literature, Theatre, Aristotle, Stand-up comedy. Jeeves has an aunt in Maiden Eggesford, too. Digital Fr.