Wodehouses famed pairing of bertie wooster and jeeves, along with some of. To honor the occasion, blackstone has rereleased the late. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in english literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and. Whether its the color of a tie, the style of a hat or a coat, jeeves is always right.
Jeeves and wooster audiobooks, humourous novels from pg wodehouse or pg woodhouse for those who have trouble with the spelling. Jan 01, 2012 jonathan cecil, described as having one of the bestloved voices in audiobooks by the p. Bertie has incurred the disapproval of jeeves by growing a mustache. With relations between bertie and sir watkyn being far from cordial ever since the boat race night, when. I love all of these classics and if you are thinking of dipping a toe into the inimitable world of wootser jump both feet into the inimitable jeeves. Jeeves and the feudal spirit audiobook on cd, 2003. Jeeves to the rescue audible audiobook unabridged p.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in english literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. He gives wooster s firstperson narrative the right balance, letting the bumbling hero misread situations as needed. Wodehouse, starring michael hordern as the titular jeeves and richard briers as bertie wooster the stories were adapted for radio by chris miller, except the last two novels featured in the series, which were dramatised by richard usborne. Jonathan cecil a superb wodehouse narator would you consider the audio edition of stiff upper lip, jeeves to be better than the print version. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in english literature are woven around the relationship between these two. Jonathan cecil reads a collection of short stories featuring p. Trapped in rural steeple bumpleigh, a man less stalwart than bertie wooster would probably give way at the knees, for among those present were florence craye, to whom bertie had once been engaged. Jeeves and the feudal spirit by jonathan cecil overdrive.
Wodehouse 4 stars audio version performed by jonathan cecil bertie wooster and his man jeeves travel to brinkley court to sort out the romantic travails of madeline and gussie, angela and tuppy. Right ho, jeeves was never my bestloved wodehouse, but after hearing it read by cecil, rhj has become my alltime favorite. Cecil was born in london, england, the son of lord david cecil and the grandson of james gascoyne cecil, 4th marquess of salisbury. A rollicking collection of s ix acclaimed dramatisations of p. His performance is sublime in telling the many tales or bertie wooster, and his faithful savior jeeves. Jeeves and wooster series jonathan cecil narrator p. If you liked the tv series jeeves and wooster, you will love this book. Each chapter is like a short story organized around recurring characters and returning several times to the romances of bingo little. Get the audible audio editions of the jeeves series from the. From the moment that jeeves walks through bertie wooster s door, bertie gives up running his own affairs and lets jeeves take charge. Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard and patrick cargill. Jonathan cecil narrated audio books at simply audiobooks.
Jeeves and the feudal spirit audiobook on cd, 2011. Down at brinkley court, aunt dahlia is trying to persuade the publishing magnate l. Jonathan cecil when jeeves returns from his annual shrimping holiday in bognor regis, hes in for a few surprises. The stories follow our hapless hero and his misadventures in new york where he and his friends always seem to be getting into trouble, only to be bailed out by the ingenious plots of his witty valet, jeeves. My man jeeves wake county public libraries overdrive. The girl on the boat, 1961, and the creator of many memorable characters, bertie wooster and jeeves being. Wodehouse, which recount the tales of wooster and his ever reliable valet jeeves. Fortunately volume 2 is already available to be purchased, and has been by me ready for the return journey. Pg woodhouse and jeeves download audiobooks and listen. The perpetually befuddled bertie wooster and his knightinshiningtuxedo jeeves have long been hailed as the greatest literary creations of p. My thoughts i was in the mood for something light after listening to a couple of heavier mysteries in a row so i checked my audiobook files for the next jeeves and wooster book by p.
In 20, novelist sebastian faulks, with the authorisation of the wodehouse estate, published jeeves and the wedding bells, a new jeeves novel narrated by bertie wooster. These marvellous stories introduce us to jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure berties raging hangover. Wodehouse society, narrates this collection of brilliantly entertaining stories featuring jeeves and wooster, including. The code of the woosters audiobook listen instantly. Bertie changes his mind read by jonathan cecil youtube. Jeeves and the impending doom, jeeves and the kid clementina, the inferiority.
Jonathan cecil born jonathan hugh gascoynececil 19390222 22 february 1939 london, england, uk died 22 september 2011 20110922 aged 72 charing cross hospital, london, england, uk occupation actor years active 19632011 spouses vivien heilbron m. See our list of jonathan cecil narrated audio books. Just as we believe some actors were born to play a certain role or a singer was born to sing a specific song, im convinced jonathan cecil was born to read p. It is read by jonathan cecil described as having one of the bestloved voices in audiobooks by the p. Very good, jeeves jeeves and wooster series book 4 p. Containing drafts of stories later rewritten for other collections including carry on, jeeves, my man jeeves offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of comic literatures most celebrated doubleact.
Pick up a jeeves and wooster book anyone will doyou can read them in order if you want, but its not. Wodehouse has a way of making you smile that is subtle and very very funny. Whether saving a cabinet minister from a marauding swan, rescuing berties chums from bowls of proverbial soup, or arranging unhingeing performances of sonny boy, jeeves genius and wodehouses is unparalleled. Who would think that an eighteenthcentury silver cow creamer could cause so much trouble. The girl on the boat, 1961, and the creator of many memorable characters, bertie wooster and jeeves being just two of them. Pg woodhouse and jeeves download audiobooks and listen to. Jeeves and woosterseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. Thank you, jeeves is the first novel to feature the incomparable valet jeeves and his hapless charge bertie wooster and youve hardly started when he resigns over berties dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo. Though ive read and loved the bertie wooster canon, listening to jonathan cecil s vocal renderings have added an entirely new dimension to wodehouses works. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in english literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and t. With relations between bertie and sir watkyn being far from cordial ever since the boat race night, when sir watkyn fined the young wooster five pounds for pinching a policemans helmet, the situation. Jonathan cecil aunt dahlia demands that bertie wooster help her trick an antiques dealer into selling her an eighteenthcentury cowcreamer.
My man jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent bertie wooster and his precise. Jonathan cecil reads the story with a fine ear for comic wordplay and absurdity, giving fitting caricatured voices to the likes of finknottle and glossop. Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard and. Jeeves and the feudal spirit audiobook specifications. The code of the woosters dramatized audiobook by p. Listen to all the bestselling audiobooks from narrator jonathan cecil, available for download to your. Wodehouse society this recording includes all ten short stories from the book carry on, jeeves. Florence cray, aunt dahlia, the trotters, a cosh, a fake pearl necklace and miladys boudoir. Cecil s narration is marvelous, as he perfectly evokes the character of wodehouses bertie wooster. The real problem starts when bingo decides to marry one of the girls and he enlists berties help. A rollicking collection of six acclaimed dramatisations of p. A number of relatively short wooster and jeeves stories from very good jeeves make up this compilation. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Jonathan cecil, described as having one of the bestloved voices in audiobooks by the p.
List of jeeves characters, an alphabetical list of jeeves. Download the jeeves audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the appearance of p. Uncle tom wants it, sir watkyn bassett has it, and aunt dahlia is blackmailing bertie to steal it. The british accented cecil voice delightfully inhabits the personas of jeeves, bertie wooster and sundry other characters with charm, humor, and distinction. Wodehouses first fulllength jeeves and wooster book is a sparkling collection of linked stories, in which bertie wooster is harried by his fearsome aunt agatha, determined to marry. Jonathan cecil has 51 books on goodreads with 2302 ratings.
In high dudgeon, bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum chuffy only to find his peace shattered by. Wodehouses 1954 classic comic novel, the affluent bertie wooster decides to grow an empowering moustache as he and his male servant jeeves. Read by jonathan cecil one of the earliest and best collections of stories about hapless aristocrat bertie wooster and his supremely efficient valet jeeves. Jeeves and wooster 22 april 1990 to 20 june 1993, 23 episodes of 50 minutes, a hit itv series starring double act fry and laurie with stephen fry as jeeves, and hugh laurie as bertie wooster.
With his usual savoirfaire and panache, jeeves unties the tangles and irons out the creases in his unflappable and. My man jeeves fairfax county public library overdrive. After the thing was all over, when peril had ceased to loom and happy endings had been distributed in heaping handfuls and we were driving home with our hats on the side of our heads, having shaken the dust of steeple bumpleigh from our tyres, i confessed to jeeves that there had been moments during the recent proceedings when bertram wooster, though no weakling, had come very near to despair. Jul 01, 2012 bertie wooster is in trouble again as his lovesick pal, bingo little, falls in love with every girl he lays eyes on. Right ho jeeves by pg wodehouse read by jonathan cecil. Download the jeeves audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device.
Wodehouse author, jonathan cecil narrator, blackstone audio, inc. Wodehouse, jonathan cecil, blackstone audio, inc audible audiobooks skip to main content. The inimitable jeeves and my man jeeves unabridged publishers summary. Stephen fry in the beginning was the nerd audio documentary 128k mp3.
Audiobooks on cd and cassette ready for immediate dispatch. Enjoy my man jeeves and right ho, jeeves, two classic stories by the master of 20thcentury humorist, p. The immortal valet, jeeves, shimmers to bertie wooster s assistance time and again in these sidesplittingly funny tales. The audiobook version was narrated by julian rhindtutt as bertie wooster. The perpetually befuddled bertie wooster and his knightinshiningtuxedo jeeves have long been hailed as the greatest literary creations of. My man jeeves is the first book in a series of comical ones by written by p. You can imagine steven fry and hugh lawrie saying the lines. Here you will find samples from various jeeves and wooster, unabridged audiobooks, written by pg wodehouse and read by jonathan cecil. Luckily for bertie, jeeves once again comes to the rescue. Jeeves and wooster has 66 entries in the series overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
Jeeves and the impending doom, jeeves and the kid clementina, the inferiority complex of old sippy, the love that purifies, jeeves and the yuletide spirit, jeeves and the old school chum, jeeves and the song of songs, indian summer of an uncle, episode of the. Wodehouse society, narrates this collection of brilliantly entertaining stories featuring jeeves and wooster. They attend an historic prize giving at market snodsbury grammar school and assist aunt dahlia in retaining the services of the culinary genius, anatole. Wodehouses famed pairing of bertie wooster and jeeves, along with some of his most.
P g wodehouse jeeves and wooster writer humor audiobooks my books hilarious lips reading my love. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. He is there to depend on in times of trouble, and such times are frequent in the lives of bertie and his friends. The delightfully airheaded wastrel, bertie wooster, narrates a number of his adventures with his imperturbable gentlemans gentleman, jeeves. Wodehouse author 2016 cocktail time uncle fred series book 3 p. Jonathan hugh gascoyne cecil 22 february 1939 22 september 2011, more commonly known as jonathan cecil, was an english theatre, film and television actor.
Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil. Cecil keeps the lines flowing smoothly as he precisely delivers punch lines with effortless timing, a requirement for wodehouses snappy conversations. Jonathan cecil audiobooks audiobook narrator download. The inimitable jeeves woodhouse audio version performed by jonathan cecil 4 stars this is the second jeeves book in the series. Ten classic short stories featuring jeeves and wooster from p. This is one of the best of the jeeves and wooster books, filled with all the regulars and a plot that gets ever more convoluted until jeeves manages to sort everything out for the young master in the end. Wodehouse, jeeves was portrayed by michael aldridge and bertie wooster was portrayed by jonathan cecil. My man jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent bertie wooster and his precise, capable valet, jeeves. Carry on, jeeves audible audiobook unabridged amazon. Jeeves audiobooks listen to the full series audible. The inimitable jeeves by pg wodehouse read by jonathan cecil. Stiff upper lip, jeeves audiobook unabridged amazon.
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