The World of Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

"I'm someone that really enjoys period books that are set, especially like in the 18th, 19th, 20th century. I'm interested in learning about slices of life from other times, places in terms of the way people think and the way they talked, and in the kinds of, the way they coped with their life.

So, also I was interested in this book because Jeeves is just a cultural icon. And I was also looking for kind of a light, comedic type writing. This is very light comedy type writing. It's perfect for bedtime reading because it's a book of short stories and its very light. So, you don't feel like you can't go to sleep afterwards thinking about it. You can finish a story, feel satisfied with it, feel like you've got a little you know laugh out of it and go to sleep.

Roadhouse has a very formulaic way of writing these stories that essentially the stories are about the protagonist, Bernie Wooster. And he is this upper class, 1920's, English bachelor. And his perfect valet, who is Jeeves and he's always getting into ridiculous social situations whether or not it's falling in love with a completely unsuitable woman or trying to help a friend steal something from the friend's wife, and Jeeves in his very, understated elegant way, extricates from these situations. Sometimes at Bernie's expense, sometimes Bernie ends up coming out looking like the buffoon, but he manages to get him out of any kind of serious trouble.

I give it four stars. It's enjoyable. It's fun."

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