A rather Shakespearean case of mistaken identities, love triangles, and well-meaning bumblings ensues. American millionaire Stoker shows up to discuss business dealings, along with his daughter Pauline, formerly engaged to Bertie, soon engaged to Chuffy. Jeeves enters the employment of Bertie’s old friend Chuffy, who also houses Bertie in a cottage on his country estate. Thank You, Jeeves is just silliness, but of the most enjoyable sort.īertram Wooster (Bertie), our narrator, retires to the country when London society ostracizes his playing of the banjolele, and for the same reason he loses his valet, Jeeves, who can’t stand the playing of the banjolele any more than London can. The stories in his Jeeves series are among his best-known, and I, not knowing much about him, decided to start there. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an extremely prolific British humorist he wrote plays, poems, short stories, novels, and more (I’m getting this mostly from Wikipedia, FYI, along with a general sense I’ve had of him). Although the voice may already be established in my head… we may never know.) This may be a first for me, but I think the audio format actually improved this experience! (I actually have Right Ho, Jeeves at home in paperback, so I can compare then. What a charming little venture into the British peerage.

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse