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"Jeeves and the Song of Songs" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in September 1929, and in Cosmopolitan in the United States that same month.
Further evidence is provided by the fact that The Code of the Woosters has been featured in multiple lists, including The Guardian's 2009 list "1000 novels everyone must read" (along with Thank You, Jeeves and Joy in the Morning), [22] The Telegraph's "The 15 best comedy books of all time" (2014), [23] BBC Culture's "The 100 greatest British ...
"Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch" (also published as "Jeeves the Blighter") is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in The Strand Magazine in London in March 1922, and then in Cosmopolitan in New York in April 1922.
The two editions have slightly different endings. The book's American editor Peter Schwed changed the ending slightly and gave the US edition a new title. [1] In the British version, when Jeeves reveals he has destroyed Bertie's pages from the Junior Ganymede's book as Bertie wanted, Bertie merely says, "Much obliged, Jeeves."
Ian Sansom described the work as a "bravura performance" and a "bang-on Bertie Wooster reboot". [4] The Times 's Matthew Adams called it "a most thrilling return". [5] The Irish Times 's Tom Mathews called the work a "pale imitation". [6] Paddy Kehoe for RTÉ gave the work three and a half stars out of five. [7]
Thank You, Jeeves is the first full-length novel in the series of stories following narrator Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, though Jeeves leaves Bertie's employment for most of this story. The novel largely takes place around Chuffnell Hall , the home of Bertie's friend Lord "Chuffy" Chuffnell , who hopes to sell the house to the wealthy ...
The Buckeye Book Fair will be held 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, featuring more than 100 Ohio authors. The 37th annual event will be held at the at the Greystone Event Center, 50 Riffle Road ...
Very Good, Jeeves is a collection of eleven short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.It was first published in the United States on 20 June 1930 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 4 July 1930 by Herbert Jenkins, London. [1]