MY MAN JEEVES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK P. G. Wodehouse | 192 pages | 07 Sep 2006 | Everyman | 9781841591469 | English | London, United Kingdom My Man Jeeves PDF Book Yes, I will continue reading about further misadventures of Bernie Wooster and Jeeves. Corky was standing staring at the picture. One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room. We found Corky near the door, looking at the picture, with one hand up in a defensive sort of way, as if he thought it might swing on him. My Man Jeeves Jeeves 1 by P. This is my only chance to collect a past, and I'm going to do it. Where's that confounded hat? Wooster, for the fact that when I went yesterday afternoon to Blackwell's Island prison, to secure material for my book, I saw poor, dear Wilmot there, dressed in a striped suit, seated beside a pile of stones with a hammer in his hands? Suzy Q So I cabled to my uncle telling him that I had dropped into a good business wheeze in the city and wanted to chuck the ranch idea. Bally pirates! There were a lot of worse things that could happen to a man. It was one of those jolly, happy, bread-crumbling parties where you cough twice before you speak, and then decide not to say it after all. There's a fortune in it. The man was still thoroughly pipped about the hat and tie, and simply wouldn't rally round. Recently added by. Things went on so comfortably and peacefully for a couple of weeks that I give you my word that I'd almost forgotten such a person as Motty existed. Of course, I know it's as bad as being henpecked; but then Jeeves is always right. His grace would occupy the second spare bedroom. Must be something in the gin water. The whole thing, I'm inclined to think, would have been off if it hadn't been for Jeeves. Sure, I've got the stories practically memorized, and the plots will never surprise me, but they're still worth a chuckle. Then we parted with what I believe are called mutual expressions of goodwill, the Birdsburg chappie extending a cordial invitation to us all to pop out some day and take a look at the new water-supply system, for which we thanked him. He was what American chappies would call a hard-boiled egg. They were a dull grey with pink rims. Mary Anthony. Aunt Agatha, Corky, Rocky Todd and a setting that? Where's my hat? Another author I should have read as a teenager. Sort order. This was where I began to crack under the strain. Quite the romance. You can get anything you like for eggs in America. I forgot them. My Man Jeeves Writer Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is coolheaded and poised. Is this you? Everybody was awfully good to me, and there seemed to be plenty of things going on, and I'm a wealthy bird, so everything was fine. You see, I had decided—rightly or wrongly—to grow a moustache and this had cut Jeeves to the quick. And all of a sudden Woosh! And he shimmered off to his lair. For a moment I hesitated. There was no doubt in the world that prison was just what the doctor ordered for Motty. Furthermore, how funny can stuffy British Aristocrats be? He is now Lord Bridgnorth. Very very very funny!!! The nurse takes the kid out ostensibly to get a breather, and they beat it down here. Corky, moreover, believed in his future as an artist. Upon reflection, I think I prefer Bertie to Reggie because Reggie doesn't have a foil; he thinks he's very clever, and of course ends up bungling everything. And a day or two later he meandered up the Avenue to my apartment to tell me that all was well. Newsweek says "they are at their best in The Code of the Woosters. Audible 0 editions. To complete the character-study of Mr. I should imagine Jeeves feels very much the same about me. There was absolutely nothing for it but to put the fellow up and make the best of it. I didn't ask for details. But you're going to get a shock. As far as I could make out, he was trying to get the cab chappie to switch from New York to London prices, and the cab chappie had apparently never heard of London before, and didn't seem to think a lot of it now. Keep a Wodehouse handy for a day when you are feeling glum. Wodehouse 's Jeeves. I shall not be able to spend more than a month in the country, as I have to get back for the season, but a month should be ample. That will be all this afternoon," he said to the nurse, who got up with the baby and decanted it into a perambulator which was standing in the fairway. However, sometimes his humor was so subtle that I didn't know I was reading something intended to be funny. I wanted, of course, to rush down to Washington Square and grip the poor blighter silently by the hand; and then, thinking it over, I hadn't the nerve. Dear old Rocky is one of the best, but after a few days in his cottage in the woods, miles away from anywhere, New York, even with Motty on the premises, began to look pretty good to me. I gave you this commission, thinking that you were a competent worker, and this— this—this extract from a comic coloured supplement is the result! Wodehouse Series: Jeeves Short stories. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Some of this collection seems to be earlier sketches of what developed into full length books. Wooster, I am in America principally on business. Google Books — Loading Quite a jolly little party it was—not. Absent treatment seemed the touch. A visit to an American yacht ends with him locked in a stateroom by a prospective father-in-law. My Man Jeeves Reviews Refresh and try again. Bertie tries to lend a helping hand, but in the end, the resolution relies once more on Jevees protuding bean. We're just finishing for the day. Perfect piffle, I thought, of course. She took two steps with the chair still attached to her hips and then the chair just popped off. Take my case, for instance. So not really as described 8 people found this helpful. Reggie takes care of his own friends, often without proper acknowledgment. Bickersteth is the son of his grace's late sister, sir, who married Captain Rollo Bickersteth of the Coldstream Guards. I felt that I was with her in this thing to the limit. All a publisher has to do is to write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work. We are paying Mr. This makes it kind of difficult for a chappie. That's how near I get to it. This collection of short stories is not as good as the novels, where stories and silly conversation are allowed a tad more free rein. Corky was glaring at the picture, and making a sort of dry, sucking noise with his mouth. First edition. Peppers made an adequate character, but Wooster, with Jeeves as his foil, is pure stupid genius. Her name was Anthony. Thistleton, sir, because his was in some respects a parallel case to the present one. Looking forward to getting my hands on more! Lots and lots too much! You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. I could see that the man was wounded. But I was still under the influence of the girl's melting gaze, and I saw that this was where I started in as a knight-errant. The situations he finds himself in are so amusing. Suzy Q The last story brings us back to New York's bubbling night scene, where Bertie Wooster tries to help his recluse poet friend Rockmetteller 'Rocky' Todd convince a wealthy aunt that he is the soul of every party and lives life to the full in the big city. I overlooked that when making the agreement. My Man Jeeves Read Online This was awesome. I need both. He is also laugh out loud funny and here is one example out of many that had me chortling. His eye gleams with the light of pure intelligence. The thing, you see, is that Jeeves is so dashed competent. I could have worked a wheeze I've been reading about in the magazine advertisements. Jeeves—my man, you know—is really a most extraordinary chap. I braced myself. I should like to discuss the subject of a good stiff b. I wanted, of course, to rush down to Washington Square and grip the poor blighter silently by the hand; and then, thinking it over, I hadn't the nerve. I have generally found his lordship's aphorism based on sound foundations. My Man Jeeves , first published in , introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room. We're just finishing for the day. And when he tried to tread on me like a worm in the matter of a hat, I jolly well put my foot down and showed him who was who.