I read this book for the topic: 'a book on the Goodreads recommendation page'.
It was a good recommendation for me, as P.G. Wodehouse was a major influence on many of the more modern comedies which I am a fan of. Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Monty Python all reference Wodehouse as a major influence.
From wikipedia:
Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet or butler, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves). A "Jeeves" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.
Not surprisingly: I loved it. It is possible, though, that this is not the best book with which to first try out P.G. Wodehouse or Wooster and Jeeves as characters. It wasn't really a Jeeves book nor is it the first Jeeves (I only found out after doing some research after finishing the book). The first Jeeves and Wooster story, "Expecting Young Gussie" was published in the 1917 collection The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories . This book is a collection which contains 4 stories about Jeeves and Wooster (the 2-5th stories written) and then also 4 stories about a character called Reggie Pepper.
Reggie was the proto-form of Bertie Wooster, and they are very similar. He even has his own valet called Volues. Though, Volues is no Jeeves.
The humor comes from the cluelessness of the narrator (Wooster), while we as the reader tend to associate more with the straight man, Jeeves.
It was a good recommendation for me, as P.G. Wodehouse was a major influence on many of the more modern comedies which I am a fan of. Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Monty Python all reference Wodehouse as a major influence.
From wikipedia:
Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet or butler, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves). A "Jeeves" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.
Not surprisingly: I loved it. It is possible, though, that this is not the best book with which to first try out P.G. Wodehouse or Wooster and Jeeves as characters. It wasn't really a Jeeves book nor is it the first Jeeves (I only found out after doing some research after finishing the book). The first Jeeves and Wooster story, "Expecting Young Gussie" was published in the 1917 collection The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories . This book is a collection which contains 4 stories about Jeeves and Wooster (the 2-5th stories written) and then also 4 stories about a character called Reggie Pepper.
Reggie was the proto-form of Bertie Wooster, and they are very similar. He even has his own valet called Volues. Though, Volues is no Jeeves.
The humor comes from the cluelessness of the narrator (Wooster), while we as the reader tend to associate more with the straight man, Jeeves.