5/31/2023 0 Comments Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse![]() ![]() Jeeves is a scarily-competent valet who is not just skilled at managing Bertie’s attire and household but, indeed, at managing Bertie himself. Bertie is the stereotypical young, carefree aristocratic detritus of the 1920s: old money combined with a youthful entitlement and sense of invincibility. Jeeves is a “gentleman’s personal gentleman”, or a valet as we might call him, to Bertram “Bertie” Wooster. I could easily have done this for several days, but I was having so much fun that I finished the book in just one. And with each story nice and short and self-contained, I could read one, pause, and then dip into another. It gave me a nice sense of their relationship through the ages. This proved to be even better than a novel as an introduction to Jeeves and Wooster. I enjoyed Cocktail Time and was looking forward to Carry on, Jeeves, which I didn’t actually realize was an anthology. Wodehouse experience following Cocktail Time, which was not a Jeeves and Wooster novel. ![]()
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