![]() ![]() ![]() If you are feeling down then i would recommend a dose of Wodehouse, which will refresh you up and fill you with a glow of warmth for sure. Wodehouse shows off his comic genius in this timeless funny classic. Meanwhile, it is the only story in which we ever hear of Jeeves contemplating marriage for himself, though we are hardly surprised when this comes to nothing. The adventures of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves are narrated by Wodehouse with his natural flair and brilliantly fun-filled manner. If there has ever been a better comic situation than The Great Sermon Handicap, when one of Bertie’s chums opens a betting-book on the length of the Sunday church-sermons at various villages, then I have missed something special. It is here that we see all the familiar Wodehouse themes woven together into one story - an old schoolfriend round at the club needing help (the author’s mind seemed to be still at school to the end), an intimidating aunt who keeps trying to get Bertie married off, various uncles who need placating in order not to threaten the all-important allowance… and all along, Jeeves the puppet-master, skilfully saving one situation after another, while also presuming to edit the young master’s wardrobe in suitable taste. Most unusually, it was pieced together from a number of short stories that had already appeared, featuring the jolly joker Bertie Wooster and his ingenious valet Jeeves. By my vote, this is the best of all the Wodehouse novels, which makes it all the more curious that it was not actually conceived as a novel at all. ![]()
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