Jeeves And The Wedding Bells
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Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
“Faulksie nails it again” in this pastiche novel featuring Jeeves and Bertie ”evoking rather than imitating” Wodehouse “but doing so in perfect pitch" (Booklist, starred review). P.G. Wodehouse documented the lives of the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster for nearly sixty years, from their first appearance in the 1915 short story "Extricating Young Gus” to Wodehouse’s final novel, Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, in 1974. These fictional single men were two of the greatest creations of a novelist widely proclaimed to be the finest comic English writer by critics and fans alike. With the approval of the Wodehouse estate, acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks brings these two back to life for their legion of fans. Bertie, nursing a bit of heartbreak over the recent engagement of one Georgina Meadowes, agrees to “help” his old friend Peregrine “Woody” Beeching, whose own romance is foundering, which means an outing to the English countryside. Almost immediately, things go awry and the simple plan quickly becomes complicated. In a role reversal, Jeeves ends up impersonating one Lord Etringham, while Bertie pretends to be Jeeves' manservant —and this all happens under the same roof as the now affianced Ms. Meadowes. From there the plot becomes even more hilarious, in a brilliantly conceived, seamlessly written comic work worthy of the master himself. “This Faulks certainly knows his stuff when it comes to homaging, let me tell you. Dashed if most of the time I didn’t think I was reading the echt thing.” —Christopher Buckley, New York Times Book Review” "Entirely delightful. . . . if, like me, you are a Wodehouse addict, you will undoubtedly want to buy three copies for your friends’ Christmas stocking”." —A. N. Wilson, Financial Times
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Author: Sebastian Faulks
language: en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date: 2013-11-04
A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse’s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Bertie Wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in Cannes, finds himself at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. Bertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at all. Love, as so often, is at the root of the confusion. Bertie, you see, has met Georgiana on the Côte d'Azur. And though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thing. However, Georgiana is the ward of Sir Henry Hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved Melbury Hall, the impoverished Sir Henry has struck a deal that would see Georgiana becoming Mrs Rupert Venables. Meanwhile, Peregrine ‘Woody' Beeching, one of Bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée Amelia, Sir Henry's tennis-mad daughter. But why would this necessitate Bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? Could it be that the ever-loyal, Spinoza-loving Jeeves has an ulterior motive? Evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphant.
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
'Brings the peerless Jeeves and Wooster barrelling back to life' Daily Mail A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse’s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman’s personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs – which he doesn’t care for at all. His predicament is, of course, all in the name of love ... ‘A masterpiece ... a pitch-perfect undertaking’ Spectator ‘Entirely delightful’ Financial Times ‘Delightfully witty, packed with puns’ Sunday Mirror ‘A polished sparkling genuine fake’ Herald