Right Ho Jeeves

Jeeves - Valet, Uber Counsellor. Chock full of psychology.

Bertie Wooster - Our hero, or is he? He thinks he looks wonderful in a new jacket. Jeeves does not like it. He also believes that Jeeves is losing his touch and decides to help much to the consternation of those he wants to help.

Anotole - Highly temperamental, french cook exemplar. Men have weak knees just contemplating his creations. Threatens to quit when everyone passes on his creation one night at Bertie's suggestion.

Aunt Dahlia - Bertie's only nice aunt although she hides a iron fist in velvet gloves. She bars Bertie from her table if he fails to distribute the prize at a grammar school. She also lost a small fortune at the baccarat table in Cannes and is waiting for the right moment to tell her husband Tom that he needs to ante up.

Tom - One with the money.

Fink-Nottle - Knows everything about newts, and can talk about it for hours and he often does. He loves Madeline Bassett but does not have the nerve. Bertie ropes him into distributing prize.

Madeline Bassett - When Bertie tries to help Fink-Nottle by putting in a good word for his friend, she ends up believing Bertie loves her much to his dread.

Tuppy Glossop - Loves Anotole's cooking - but who doesn't. He loves Angela, Aunt Dahlia's daughter but talks flippantly about Angela's claim to fame; she thinks she survived a shark attack.

Angela - Breaks off her engagement with Tuppy over his attitude and accuses him to being insensitive.

Only Jeeves can save the situation. In the end he gets even with Bertie!!

PG Wodehouse

I was in 8th grade when I discovered Wodehouse. My first book was Right Ho Jeeves. I discovered Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Fink Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, Anotole the Chef, and whole slew of unforgettable characters. I still have fond memories of the chapter where a totally pie-eyed (Wodehouse-an for drunk) Fink-Nottle gives a speech at a local Grammer School.

Since then I have not looked back. I have probably read most of his books, many of them several times, and I probably own most of them.

Over the past 3 years I gravitated to more serious books and Wodehouse was relegated to the back row in my bookshelves. Luckily a casual conversation with some friends reminded me how much I used to enjoy them and I have decided to read them again with a twist.

This time I have decided to add some structure to my re-reading effort. So once I complete reading a book I have decided write a short comment on each of the Wodehouse. My next post will be my first one.